The Intouchables, a depiction of disability
Les Intouchables is interesting French movie portraying a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a black Muslim man from the Parisian projects. Nine weeks after its...
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OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie
Checkout a good podcast on OC87 View the OC87 trailer in 1080p HD Can you make a movie while having mental illness? Bud Clayman is doing it. Will making a documentary about your mental illness change...
View ArticleBipartisan group of senators announce support for disability treaty
May 25, 2012 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Barrasso (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Udall (D-NM) today...
View ArticleAccessibility begins even before the parking spaces
ADA accessibility starts in the parking lot, at least that is what it seems. However, in the case of many businesses the customer interaction frequently starts and is even completed before any physical...
View ArticleHTML5 ranked headings for screen readers
Getting html5 pages right is important, along with flexibility comes some responsibility… good tutorial HTML5 introduces the concept of relatively ranked headings. The level of a heading in HTML5...
View ArticleSection 508 Report to the President and Congress: Accessibility of Federal...
Section 508 Report to the President and Congress: Accessibility of Federal Electronic and Information Technology Summary 1. General Processes for Section 508 Implementation The first section of the...
View ArticleMaking 911 more accessible
The Federal Communications Commission today proposed rules to bring Americans the ability to send text messages to 911 more rapidly and uniformly, and to inform consumers about the availability and...
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Equal Access to School Sports a Must for Students with Disabilities!!
As a disabled person for more than 30 years I can tell you that access to recreation opportunities whether it is in the K-12 environment, post secondary education, or other programs, one area that is...
View ArticleBlind Federation criticises Captcha security test
The National Federation for the Blind says its members are unable to sign an e-petition calling for printed material to be more accessible to the visually impaired because of “Captcha” security. A...
View ArticleUn-interpreting the letter of the law
A good article describing how “efficient” management of higher education conflicts with the social function of education. The focus of the article is shows ho Higher Education continues to resist...
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