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Access Information News for Monday, January 30, 2023 - Volume 895The Week's News in Access Information A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication Access Information News. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access information. Subscribers: 10,725 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email. This Week's Featured Advertisement: Access Ready Celebrates 2022 Public Policy Achievements At The National Level
In 2022, Access Ready engaged Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville PC as public policy representatives in conjunction with our civil rights legal council, Eve L. Hill, of Inclusivity Consulting. This included the wise council of the late Robert (Bobby) Silverstein. Bobby helped shape our digital policy and left a legacy that we are committed to furthering. Along with others, this effort lead to: The Department of Justice, in concert with the Government Services Administration, announced that they are planning to publish a new Section 508 compliance report, a report missing since 2012. The House of Representatives passed the 2023 Omnibus Government Funding Bill, mandating that the Office of Management and Budget update guidance under Section 508 within 100 days and that each agency report on compliance with the Section within 225 days. In 2023, we will be pressing forward to expand on these accomplishments in support of accessible Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Access Ready, Inc. is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, cross-disability education and advocacy organization promoting a policy of inclusion and accessibility across Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Learn more about Access Ready today at: https://accessready.org/. Dear Access Information News Subscriber,✍ Submit your Access Information News item for free, with timing and placement determined by our editors, using this form: https://www.accessinformationnews.com/submit-news or locate "News Item Submission Form" within the main menu of the Access Information News website.1) Top 5 Most Clicked Access Information News Articles From Last WeekA.) Reader Review: Online Shopping Services (6.8% of all clicks.) B.) Babysitting Tips Series For The Visually Impaired | Hadley (6.4% of all clicks.) C.) Using Markup Languages for Accessible Scientific, Technical, and Scholarly Document Creation (5.8% of all clicks.) D.) Estee Lauder's New App Helps Visually Impaired Users Apply Makeup | Vogue (4.7% of all clicks.) E.) New Treatment For Hereditary Blindness Possible Using Nanoparticles And mRNA (4.6% of all clicks.) 2) Sponsorship Package UpdatesAvailability: There are currently 9 Access Information News Sponsorship Packages remaining. Join Us: If you would like to support the ongoing distribution of Access Information News while reaching over 15,000 access professionals each week, please consider becoming a Sponsor today for just $100 a month, paid either quarterly or annually. Annual sponsors gain the additional benefit of being able to schedule their Featured Advertisements up to one year in advance. If you are an access information business or organization that has been looking for a way to consistently reach the largest audience of opt-in access professionals in the world today, please consider becoming an Access Information News Sponsor while packages last. Benefits: Learn all about the benefits here: 3) Blind SA And Section27 Launch A Brochure Titled #EndingTheBookFamine For People Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired, A Guide To Accessible Format ShiftingPublisher: This is an amazing, excellent and thorough resource for anyone that wants to better understand accessible formats, copies and the copyright laws that surround producing and distributing them. I encourage you to save a copy of this PDF for future reference. Blind SA And Section27: The Constitutional Court has declared the Copyright Act of 1978 unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it limits access to literary and artistic works in accessible formats. The Court granted an immediate exception to copyright for persons with disabilities, allowing them to convert literary and artistic works into accessible formats without first getting authorization from the copyright holder. Previously, as a result of the Copyright Act of 1978, people with disabilities would need to get authorization from copyright holders to convert books into formats they could read. The Constitutional Court has now removed this requirement. This opens the door for persons with disabilities, improving access to books and other printed published works. The Constitutional Court aims to remove the historical gap in access to books, as well as other literary and artistic works, between persons with disabilities and those without. People with disabilities must be granted the same access to books and other literary and artistic works as people without disabilities: 4) CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn't Disclose That Fact, Staff SayThe tech site CNET sent a chill through the media world when it tapped artificial intelligence to produce surprisingly lucid news stories. But now its human staff is writing a lot of corrections: 5) The Third-Party Apps Twitter Just Killed Made The Site What It Is TodayA surprising amount of the Twitter experience came from alternative apps — and now they're gone: 6) Do Emojis And Accessibility Work Together?Living in a mobile-first, digitally-driven world, it's easy to get lost in the glory of our devices. They absorb our attention, speed up our lives and lure us into using shortcuts and pictures, over words and faces. Yes, everyone loves emojis. They're the bite-sized emotion-carrying pictures that can say so much and are increasingly hard to avoid. Thanks to emojis, we've added back the feelings that had been lost in our increasingly non-verbal conversations, and they've literally given a face to our text. But there's a catch. In amongst all that revelry, are you being co-opted into assuming that the messaging shortcuts you're using are interpreted (and seen), the way you intend? Or could they be causing confusion? 7) Braille Valentines for Our Students to Receive | Paths To LiteracySupport sighted classmates in making accessible tactile Valentines with braille for children in inclusive classrooms who are blind, deafblind, or visually impaired: 8) 3 AI-Powered Smart Glasses Giving Sight To The Blind And The Visually-ImpairedAI technology is changing how visually impaired people experience the world. As technology advances, the potential for assistive devices to improve the lives of those with visual impairments is becoming a reality. One area that has seen significant growth in recent years is the development of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled smart glasses. Integrated with AI technology, these smart glasses can analyze the environment and provide real-time audio cues to the wearer, such as describing the objects around them or reading out text: 9) Home Office Civil Servants 'Told To Stop Using Times New Roman' FontPublisher: Anyone with a visual impairment knows that serif fonts, of which Times New Roman is their leader, are for more difficult to discern than sans-serif fonts. "A serif is a decorative line or taper added to the beginning and/or end of a letter's stem, which creates small horizontal and vertical planes within a word." So it's nice that the world is finally taking notice. And while I personally like US Secretary Blinken's recommendation of "Calibri" as a sans-serif substitute, I still think that "Roboto" is the clearer choice. What's your favorite font to read in? The Independent: Times New Roman has been outlawed by the Home Office due to it being harder for visually impaired people or those who have difficulty reading to decipher, reports say. It comes days after US secretary of state Antony Blinken hit headlines for telling staff they should ditch the font in favour of adopting “Calibri as the standard,” according to a cable obtained by The Washington Post. But a report in The Telegraph today suggests the UK government department took the decision far in advance of Mr Blinken, advising its civil servants to avoid Times New Roman a year ago: 10) 10 Tips for Grandparents of Visually Impaired Children | WonderBaby.orgAs grandparents you are an integral part of both your children's and your grandchildren's lives. You're the rock that keeps the family grounded and your help and support is so important. But what can you do when your grandchild is born with a disability? You want to help, but you may not be sure what's the best way to help. Here are some tips to assist you in connecting both with your children and your grandchildren: 11) There Are Blind People Who Live Their Lives Believing They Can See: This Is Anton's SyndromeThe old man entered the office of von Monaco, the most important neurologist in Zurich, which was already in great disarray. He suffered from mobility problems, experienced visual hallucinations for years, and had difficulty finding the exact words he wanted to say. He was 70 years old and had four consecutive medical problems. I was tired. However, the reason for taking him for consultation was new. He hadn't seen her for weeks. For practical purposes, I saw nothing, absolutely nothing; but he thought so: 12) She Is Blind And Has Created An AI Suitcase To Guide Herself Without Using A Cane Or A DogChieko Asakawa, a computer scientist and IBM researcher who lost her sight completely when she was 14 after an accident, together with a group of Japanese researchers, presented in Tokyo on January 26th 2023 an autonomous suitcase that allows you to avoid obstacles with the aim of guiding the blind through the airport without the need for a cane or a guide dog: 13) Study Results: Early Detection Of Visual Impairment In Young Children Using A Smartphone-Based Deep Learning System | Nature | MedicineIn this prospective, multicenter, observational study, we developed and validated a smartphone-based system, the Apollo Infant Sight (AIS), to identify visual impairment in young children in real-world settings. AIS was designed to induce a steady gaze in children by using cartoon-like video stimuli and collect videos that capture phenotypic features (facial appearance and ocular movements) for further analysis using deep learning (DL) models with robust quality control design against test noises. We collected more than 25,000,000 frames of videos from 3,652 children using AIS for DL model training and testing. We evaluated the system for detecting visual impairment caused by any of 16 ophthalmic disorders in five clinics at different institutions. Furthermore, we validated this system under different conditions with various test noise levels or ambient interference presented in real-world settings. We also evaluated AIS used by untrained parents or caregivers at home to test its wider applicability. This preliminary study indicates that AIS shows potential for early detection of visual impairment in young children in both clinical and community settings: 14) Cane And Able Fitness Is Making The Gym Less Intimidating For People With Visual Impairments | ShapePlus, the most important exercises for people with visual impairments to add to their workout routine: 15) Visually Impaired Pilates Instructor Defies The Fitness NormAnn Ramos has been teaching fitness for 25 years, despite having a visual disability. She teaches Pilates through thorough cues: 16) CVI Learning Videos | Paths To LiteracyExplore videos that provide simple, plain backgrounds, and music for children with Cortical/Cerebral Vision Impairment (CVI): 17) Advocating Always: A Request for the Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit | APH CareerConnect Blog | Alexis ReadImagine that you are assigned to an unfamiliar school for your student-teaching placement. Your vocational rehabilitation counselor has purchased the Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit for your use in learning routes in the school and new community because he understands the benefit of this tool. Now imagine that you meet your new orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor and show him this tool. You ask him to make a tactile map of the targeted indoor routes. He has worked as a mobility instructor for many years. He says, "I'm teaching you to survive without the use of tactile maps:" 18) AFB Announces The 2023 Helen Keller Achievement Award RecipientsThe American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has announced the two honorees who will receive the prestigious Helen Keller Achievement Award at a special event on April 19, 2023, at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency in Arlington, Virginia: 19) How An App Is Helping Low Vision People Navigate Life Better | BBC News | YouTubeFrom ordering off detailed menus to looking at complex images, people with low vision can come up against hurdles navigating the everyday. The Rebokeh app has been designed for those with a visual impairment to differentiate images or read far away text better. It uses customizable smartphone camera filters that users can change to suit their own visual impairment, that can make images brighter, or alter color contrast. Rebecca Rosenberg, CEO and founder of ReBokeh, who has albinism herself, said: "For a lot of people it is the difference between being able to read a menu at Starbucks or McDonalds when it is up in the back and needing to ask someone else for help". This film is from Click — the BBC's weekly technology show: 20) Legally Blind Chef Donates Electronic Glasses To Visually Impaired Teens In Chicago AreaChef Charlie Doman said he got choked up watching visually impaired teens try out their new electronic glasses for the first time. The giveaway and device training event took place in the dining room of the restaurant where he works, Moe Joe's Cajun Restaurant in Plainfield, Illinois: 21) Visually Impaired Mountaineer's Tall Task More Than Overcoming World's Highest PeaksTwenty-six months after the near-death accident that stole 70 per cent of her vision, Jill Wheatley anxiously adjusted to a new reality where her autonomy was slipping away. "Those 26 months in hospitals and so much darkness, that was not a choice, but now I'm choosing to put myself in these situations where I'm being challenged physically and mentally. I've been through worse, not by choice:" 22) biped: The Venture Leader Mobile Providing Smart Navigation For The Blind And Visually ImpairedMeet Mael Fabien, CEO of biped and Venture Leader Mobile 2023. biped's technology helps blind and visually impaired people avoid obstacles and anticipate collisions, ultimately bringing them stress-free daily navigation. Fabien and the other members of the Swiss National Mobile Team will head to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of February: 23) Bridging Back to Build Up | Paths To LiteracyThis team is using a bridge back plan for a student who is deafblind with an anticipation calendar system while training new staff and allowing a student time and space to rebuild skills: 24) For Visually Impaired Children, Beeping Eggs Make Easter Egg Hunting A JoySponsors are needed for this years Beeping Eggstravaganza, which allows visually impaired children to enjoying hunting Easter eggs. Here's how you can get involved: 25) More Than 35 Years Of Bringing Print News To Blind And Visually Impaired | Niagara Frontier Radio Reading ServiceLong before text to speech was available, the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service brought the news to those who are blind or visually impaired over the radio with the help of dedicated volunteers who read directly from printed sources. For more than 35 years, people throughout the regions of Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, and Southern Ontario (Canada) have read newspapers, books, magazines, and other printed materials for people who are blind or cannot read for any reason: 26) How Jerusalem Became the First Accessible UNESCO World Heritage CityGiven the city's age and popularity, Jerusalem has been implementing significant structural changes on a wide scale over the last decade to ensure that it's brought to the modern era. While some of the updates to the Old City's infrastructure have been beneficial to all (including adding signs highlighting historical or archeological findings and installing garbage collection points in the main tourist areas), a few local organizations have been steadfastly working to make it more accessible to everyone who finds themselves in The Holy City — to people with mobility issues, those who are visually impaired, even families with strollers: 27) FMLS Introduces New Technology To Assist Blind & Visually Impaired Individuals Access To Listings In Georgia And BeyondFourth largest MLS in the Country Inks Statewide Exclusive with PropTech Partner Lundy, Inc. to share listing info via Amazon's Alexa app: 28) First MLS Launches Alexa-Based Property-Search Engine For The Visually ImpairedFirst MLS launched a voice-activated property-search engine on Amazon's Alexa app to help blind and visually impaired people search for homes. The Finding Homes service, which works on any Alexa-equipped smart phone, allows people to access FMLS real estate listings. Homebuyers can ask Alexa questions like, "Provide property details of 111 Main St. in Atlanta," or "How large is the lot?" FMLS said, noting that the listings are then delivered in complete sentences using the voice of Alexa: 29) 'Revolutionary': Remembering John Boyer, A Pioneer For The Deaf And Blind In Computer ScienceWhere the likes of Louis Braille and Abraham Nemeth made it possible for the blind to read and perform mathematics, John Boyer took it a step further. Boyer, a Madison resident who was pivotal in the development of STEM reading material for the blind, died on Jan. 17 from a bout of pneumonia. He was 86. Born in rural Minnesota without the ability to see, Boyer eventually lost his hearing from infection as a boy. From the 1960s onward, Boyer excelled as a computer programmer, a pioneer in a field then barely understood by the general public let alone widely accessible to the blind. Through Boyer's work, people who had lost their sight had greater access to science, technology, engineering and math literature: 30) How “Ski For Light” Helps The Visually And Physically Impaired Have A Great Time On The SlopesMonday, January 23rd 2023 was the first of the four-day-long Black Hills Ski for Light event in Rapid City, South Dakota. Ski for Light is an international organization that provides adaptive ski equipment for people with physical impairments: 31) UArizona's New Project Compass To Recruit More Special Education TeachersThe University of Arizona is introducing a new program designed to increase the number of teachers serving K-12 students with visual impairments: 32) Notre Dame College Class Action Claims Website Inaccessible To Blind, Visually ImpairedPlaintiff James Murphy claims Notre Dame's website was not designed in a way that makes it independently usable for individuals who are blind or visually impaired: 33) What's Cooking Group | Hadley4th Wednesday of Every Month, 4pm Central Time. Love to cook? Join your fellow Hadley home cooks as we explore cooking tips, tricks, and fun things to try. Share your favorite recipes, gadgets, and helpful hacks for cooking with a visual impairment: 34) Songs to Celebrate Braille Literacy | APHLet's make some noise for braille literacy with sing-a-longs that raise awareness about braille! Family members make great band members so get together and jam to these fun tunes: ➜ Featured Webinars, Training Courses and Events✍ Submit your access information related Webinar, Training Course or Event for consideration within this section using this form: https://accessinformationnews.com/submit-event or locate "Webinar / Training Course Submission Form" within the main menu of the Access Information News website.January 31st 2023 | Ask Sharky: Three Reasons to Use BrailleIn | Freedom Scientific7AM PT, 8AM MT, 9AM CT, 10AM ET, 3PM GMT January 31st 2023 | A Beginner's Guide to Inclusive UX Design | TPGi9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 5PM GMT February 1st 2023 | Lego Braille Bricks Live Session 5: School Aged Numeracy | APH8AM PT, 9AM MT, 10AM CT, 11AM ET, 4PM GMT February 7th 2023 | Health Care Decision Making, Advance Directives, and the MOLST Form | Zoom | For Residents of Maryland10AM PT, 11AM MT, 12PM CT, 1PM ET, 6PM GMT February 8th 2023 | Procedural Safeguards and Parental Rights: New Webinar Series with Karen Mayer Cunningham | APH FamilyConnect4PM PT, 5PM MT, 6PM CT, 7PM ET, 12AM GMT on 1/26 February 9th 2023 and February 10th 2023 | Second Annual 2023 ATHEN Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference: Acc3ss N0w!ATHEN is hosting the Second Annual "2023 ATHEN Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference: Acc3ss N0w!" on February 9th and 10th 2023. Registration is free for ATHEN and AHEAD members, and low cost for non-members. Conference Details, Dates, Registration and Cost: February 11th 2023 | Maryland Accessible Telecommunications | Technology User Group | Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD)7AM PT, 8AM MT, 9AM CT, 10AM ET, 3PM GMT February 14th 2023 | Exploring New Accessibility Frontiers with TPGi and the W3C9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 5PM GMT February 15th 2023 | Giving Up Your Car Keys Is Not The End Of Your Independence | NFB of Maryland Senior Call4PM PT, 5PM MT, 6PM CT, 7PM ET, 12AM GMT on 2/16 February 20th 2023 | Project INSPIRE: Spring 2023 | Paths To Literacy | 6 Course Offering | Deadline To Register: February 17th 2023Project INSPIRE will be offering six courses. This includes a new course, Nemeth Code Symbols Used in High School and Strategies for Supporting Math Learning. We are offering the opportunity for you to take ONE of the courses. You may choose from the following courses: February 22nd 2023 | Procedural Safeguards and Parental Rights: New Webinar Series with Karen Mayer Cunningham | APH FamilyConnect4PM PT, 5PM MT, 6PM CT, 7PM ET, 12AM GMT on 1/26 February 27th 2023 to March 2nd 2023 | Apply By January 23rd 2023 | Accessible Customer-Centered Communications Workshop | NSITE & Baker Communications, Inc. In PartnershipNSITE, the first organization to provide a continuum of employment services for individuals who are blind or face vision loss, has partnered with one of the leading sales training providers, Baker Communications Inc. (BCI), to offer a virtual instructor-led delivery of their Customer-Centered Communications workshop. This highly engaging and participatory accessible workshop, delivered over four consecutive days (four hours per session), covers a comprehensive six-part system of organized customer communications and selling. After the program, participants will be able to build greater trust with customers, deliver specific customer outcomes effectively, and achieve world-class customer service and sales performance. All NSITE programs are adapted for the learning styles of blind and low-vision learners. Therefore, qualified applicants who are blind or have low vision receive enrollment preference in case classes fill up. Program runs February 27 to March 2, 2023. Apply by January 23rd 2023: February 28th 2023 | Tech It Out | Monthly Hadley Discussion Group5PM PT, 6PM MT, 7PM CT, 8PM ET, 1AM GMT Next Day March 6th 2023 | Lego Braille Bricks Live Session 6: Daily Living Activities | APH8AM PT, 9AM MT, 10AM CT, 11AM ET, 4PM GMT March 8th 2023 | Procedural Safeguards and Parental Rights: New Webinar Series with Karen Mayer Cunningham | APH FamilyConnect4PM PT, 5PM MT, 6PM CT, 7PM ET, 12AM GMT on 1/26 March 11th 2023 | Using Garage Band App to Create a Song | Technology User Group | Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD)7AM PT, 8AM MT, 9AM CT, 10AM ET, 3PM GMT March 13th 2023 through March 17th 2023 | 2023 38th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology ConferenceWelcome. Whether you have been attending the conference for years or are planning to attend your first, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, also known as the CSUN Conference, is the ultimate community experience and the premier forum on technology for all persons with disabilities. For over 37 years, California State University, Northridge's Center on Disabilities has sponsored the conference, providing a platform for researchers, practitioners, educators, exhibitors and more from around the world, where they can share knowledge, innovations, and best practices to promote inclusion for all. Building on the momentum from the 2022 conference, exciting new plans are in the works to enhance the conference experience. We encourage you to join us in Anaheim, California in 2023, where attendees can attend Pre-Conference Workshops, the yearly Keynote Address, Featured Presentations, General Sessions, Sponsor Showcase Suites and the Exhibit Hall. We also continue developing new programming to build community and networking opportunities. Check back often or follow us on social media for the latest updates, details, and deadlines. For information on sponsor or exhibitor opportunities, please visit our Opportunities page or email us at conference@csun.edu 📧️. We can't wait until the CSUN Conference community is back together to learn, share and connect: March 15th 2023 and March 16th 2023 | 2023 3rd Annual Axe-Con | Building Accessible Experiences | The World's Largest Digital Accessibility ConferenceDeque Systems, the trusted leader in digital accessibility, has announced the third annual axe-con conference will return on March 15-16th, 2023. With the success of axe-con over the past two years, Deque will continue to host the conference as a free virtual event again next year. Axe-con is an open and inclusive digital accessibility conference that welcomes developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels to a new kind of accessibility conference focused on building, testing, and maintaining accessible digital experiences: March 21st 2023 and March 22nd 2023 | Multiple Perspectives 2023 | Americans With Disabilities Act Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion, & Disability Conference | Ohio State University"It is time to move beyond the letter of the law to the spirit of the law; to shift our focus from redressing human and environmental problems through remedial design to preventing problems through holistic design." -Leslie Kanes Weisman. As a modern land grant university, an important part of Ohio State University's mission is outreach and engagement, serving the community through a variety of activities. During the tenth anniversary year of the Americans With Disabilities Act the Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion And Disability conference was created to help fulfill this mission. In short, the goal of the conference is to encourage the kind of change suggested by Leslie Kanes Weisman in the opening quote. It is hoped that the annual conference will serve as a catalyst for positive change and a springboard for collaborations with our partners in education, business, public, and social service. Each year a series of workshops will provide a forum for individuals and organizations to expand their knowledge and perspectives, and an opportunity to increase community resources through the synergy of collaboration. The workshops are designed to bring a diverse audience together to discuss the full spectrum of disability issues and experiences. To ensure broad participation from the university community, business, state and local government, educators, advocacy organizations, social service agencies, and individuals with disabilities sponsors are sought each year to subsidize conference participants. 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Sponsor Since: December 13th 2022 Website: https://accessready.org/ 🌐️ Email: info@accessready.org 📧️ Phone: (727) 531-1000 📱️ About: Access Ready Inc. is a certified, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The mission of Access Ready Inc., a nonprofit cross-disability rights advocacy organization, is to promote a policy of accessibility benefiting all people regardless of ability across information and communications technology utilized for two way communications. The purpose of Access Ready Inc. is to educate the public and private sectors of the importance of accessible information and communications technology to the future of all people regardless of ability. To support this education by developing initiatives that promote policies that ensure the creation and maintenance of accessible technologies utilized for two way communications at all levels which allow for easy use by people with the widest range of abilities possible. To develop employment and business opportunities for people with disabilities that support its educational activities in the field of information and communications technology and related areas. To provide consulting and educational services to buyers, developers, and users of information and communications technology that promotes its highest and best use in society. To promote the concept of a technologically accessible society which fosters: Freedom of expression, speech, and worship. Sponsor: Access Ready, Inc.➜ Classified Advertisement: Access Ready Seeks Guidance On New Accessible TechnologiesWhat Technologies do you see in the market that are not accessible, but should be? What accessible technologies can you imagine that can make the lives of people with all kinds of disabilities better? We will advocate with developers to make existing technologies accessible on your behalf. We will advocate with developers to build new accessible technologies on your behalf. Give us your guidance and support. Your guidance charts our path toward what is most important. Your support funds our efforts on your behalf:
Sponsor Since: December 1st 2022 Website: https://accessready.org/ 🌐️ Email: info@accessready.org 📧️ Phone: (727) 531-1000 📱️ About: Access Ready Inc. is a certified, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The mission of Access Ready Inc., a nonprofit cross-disability rights advocacy organization, is to promote a policy of accessibility benefiting all people regardless of ability across information and communications technology utilized for two way communications. The purpose of Access Ready Inc. is to educate the public and private sectors of the importance of accessible information and communications technology to the future of all people regardless of ability. To support this education by developing initiatives that promote policies that ensure the creation and maintenance of accessible technologies utilized for two way communications at all levels which allow for easy use by people with the widest range of abilities possible. To develop employment and business opportunities for people with disabilities that support its educational activities in the field of information and communications technology and related areas. To provide consulting and educational services to buyers, developers, and users of information and communications technology that promotes its highest and best use in society. To promote the concept of a technologically accessible society which fosters: Freedom of expression, speech, and worship. Sponsor: APH ConnectCenter➜ Classified Advertisement: Prepare For Your Future Today With The All-New APH ConnectCenter's Job Seekers Toolkit!The APH ConnectCenter and NSITE have partnered to update the Job Seeker's Toolkit, an accessible, self-paced, free online training course. The Toolkit includes five sections covering self-awareness, career exploration tools, the preliminary employment process, the interview, and maintaining employment. We are bringing the Job Seeker's Toolkit to a larger audience and in a Learning Management System format for today's learners, at no cost. Visit APHCareerConnect.org to get started with the Job Seekers Toolkit today at:
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