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Access Information News for Monday, March 6, 2023 - Volume 900The 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: 10,575 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email. This Week's Featured Advertisement: Join Industry Leaders And Begin Reaching Over 15,000 Access Professionals, Educators and Enthusiasts, All Over The World, Each Week. All While Supporting The Ongoing Distribution of This Publication For Those Very Same Readers. Only $100 USD Per Month. While Packages Last. This Issue Made Possible By Support From The Following Sponsors:
This issue made possible by Sponsorship support from Pneuma Solutions, WayAround, Menus4ALL, APH ConnectCenter, Access Ready, Inc. and Clusiv. Learn more about Sponsorship today at: https://accessinformationnews.com/sponsor. 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.) 5 Things I Wish Were Accessible — But Normally Aren't | Fashioneyesta AKA Emily Davis (6.8% of all clicks.) B.) A New York Teacher Invents Something to Change... Everything (6.7% of all clicks.) C.) Software Accessibility For Users With Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) | Eva Katharina Wolf | Medium (4.6% of all clicks.) D.) Apple, Please Don't Take All Of The Buttons Away | Allison Johnson | The Verge (4.5% of all clicks.) E.) How To Start A YouTube Channel As A Blind or Disabled Person | Unsightly Opinions | YouTube (4.4% of all clicks.) 2) Sponsorship Package UpdatesAre you an access-based business or organization whose products, services or message would benefit from reaching over 15,000 access professionals each week? If so, 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 Advertisement dates up to one year in advance. If you've 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. Availability: There are currently 10 Access Information News Sponsorship Packages remaining. Advertising Benefits: Review a complete list of advertising benefits here: 3) Eli Lilly To Cut Insulin Prices Up To 70% Amid Federal Pressure To Lower CostsOn March 1, 2023, Eli Lilly and Co. said it will cut prices of its most commonly prescribed insulins up to 70% and expand a program that limits out-of-pocket monthly costs for some consumers. The Indianapolis drugmaker's price cuts and discounts for insulin come as federal and state lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drug companies and health insurers to improve affordability for the lifesaving medication used by millions of Americans. "The aggressive price cuts we're announcing today should make a real difference for Americans with diabetes," said Lilly Chair and CEO David Ricks: 4) AccessWorld Newsletter February 2023 IssueFebruary 2023 updates include: Editor's Page: Assistive Technology and Standing Out | Braille Codes and Characters: History and Current Use - Part 2 | IrisVision's New Addition, Inspire | Ooma Phone — A Mostly Accessible And Nearly Free Option For Your Home Landline Phone | Letters to the Editor: 5) LinkedIn Survey For US Residents Pays $60 For Your Time | Blind Android UsersFor all who stay in USA, and use the LinkedIn mobile app, there is a survey that will give you 60$ for your time. You must fill out the form and then submit to an online interview. This survey is being done by accessibility user research collective in collaboration with Shepard foundation in Atlanta: 6) Senator Markey Demands Musk Reinstate Twitter's Accessibility Team, Online Features For Users With DisabilitiesSenator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is calling on Chief Executive Officer of Twitter Elon Musk to reinstate Twitter's Accessibility Team and support the development and implementation of critical online features so that users with disabilities can fully access and utilize the social media platform. In his letter to the company, Senator Markey highlighted a variety of devastating changes under Musk's leadership for disabled Twitter users, including Twitter Spaces no longer offering automatic closed captions, which prevents users who are deaf or hard of hearing from engaging with Spaces: 7) 'Entitled': Woman Slammed For Asking Man In Wheelchair To Move On BusA woman has been slammed for expecting a man in a wheelchair to move for her on a bus, with people calling her behavior "insensitive and ableist:" 8) It's Fine to Never Meet IRL | WiredAs high-risk individuals are marginalized from a society eager to ignore pandemic harms, tech companies must do more to expand accessible virtual spaces: 9) FCC Meeting To Consider Accessibility Items Scheduled For March 16, 2023On February 23, 2023, the FCC announced a tentative agenda for the Open Commission Meeting scheduled for 10:30 am EST on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Commission Meeting Room, 45 L Street N.E. Washington, D.C., and will be streamed live with open captioning at https://www.fcc.gov/live. As part of the agenda, the Commission will consider: 10) Schakowsky Reintroduces Legislation To Guarantee Home-Use Medical Devices Are Accessible To Blind And Low Vision AmericansOn March 1, 2023, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member on the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, led 32 of her colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act. This bill would ensure that home-use medical devices are accessible to blind and low vision Americans across the country: 11) Can A.I. Treat Mental Illness? | The New Yorker (Subscription Information)New computer systems aim to peer inside our heads — and to help us fix what they find there: 12) My Journey from Surviving to Thriving in a World Not Built for Blindness | Kristin SmedleyI had a plan. Get the degree, land the job, marry the guy, build the house, and have the baby. It was a perfect plan, and I executed it flawlessly. In the year 2000, I had everything I had ever planned for. Until the curve ball. "Your son is blind." Those four words sentenced me to a dark place I didn't plan for. I had never even met a person who is blind before that day. I spiraled in fear and panic. I had no idea what was possible for my son or his brother, who was also born blind three years later: 13) These Fashion Designers Are Putting Braille Right On Their ClothingThe fashion industry has long ignored the disability community, but brands like Aille and Balini are putting braille front and center: 14) Revelations Of Blindness In The Middle AgesMedieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives that they were studying: 15) APH InSights Annual Art Competition for Artists Who are BlindAttention artists! The 2023 InSights Art competition will be accepting submissions until March 31, 2023. This international art contest is open to artists of all ages with vision loss. Learn how you, your child, or your students can enter the contest: 16) Amazon Launches New Storefront for Government SuppliesCalled AbilityOne Storefront, the new B2B site sells products and services made by people who are blind or have other significant disabilities. It builds off a longstanding federal effort and is open to state and local governments. One of the newest Amazon online storefronts aims to match government buyers with supplies made by workers who are blind or have other "significant disabilities," the e-commerce operator said in a statement: 17) Toronto Woman With Disability Says Flying Air Canada Made Her Feel Like An 'Unwanted Burden'Airline says it's 'committed to providing accessible transportation for all' customers: 18) Accessibility Issues That Must Not Be Named | Paul Martz | AppleVisIt's the accessibility issues without names that keep me up at night. Problems that we never discuss because the English language has no words for them. They are the Lord Voldemort of accessibility issues. They are, "Issues That Must Not Be Named:" 19) The Overlay Personalization Farce | Karl GrovesThe original intent of this article was to provide full examples of the overlay widgets' features in active use, including details on how they operate and before-and-after screenshots. However, due to the litigious nature of some overlay vendors and their continued bullying of their critics, I've chosen to provide this information without mentioning any names: 20) Automated Testing Won't Solve Web Accessibility | Eric EggertOver the past few years, accessibility companies have started to develop tools that claim to find accessibility problems automatically. Often the idea is that "automated testing is not quite there yet, but in a few years there will be a revolution". I don't believe that: 21) Hi-Fi Rush Game Director on the Accessibility Trick That Makes You Feel Like a Rock StarHi-Fi Rush is the biggest surprise of the year, a wildly imaginative game shadow-dropped out of nowhere by Microsoft. Apart from that, it's also a wild tonal shift for Tango Gameworks, a studio known for making horror games like The Evil Within. Despite that change, Hi-Fi Rush is a massive hit with fans and critics alike. Hi-Fi Rush is a unique mix of a rhythm and action game that tells the story of Chai, a young boy who gets the ability to “feel the beat” in the world around him. Chai joins up with a wild cast of characters, including a spunky hacker named Peppermint and her robotic cat 808, in order to take down the corrupt Vandelay Industries. Between its vibrant rhythm gameplay and surprisingly heartfelt story, Hi-Fi Rush has already gone down as an instant classic: 22) DLARC Amateur Radio Library Adds 10,000 Magazines, Bulletins, Newsletters, and PodcastsLaunched just five months ago, Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications has expanded to more than 61,000 items related to amateur radio, shortwave listening, and related communications. The library's newest additions include deep historical resources and contemporary reporting about the world of radio: 23) It Happens Here: Worcester Radio Station A Reading Service For Visually Impaired, DisabledWorcester, the second largest city in Massachusetts, is home to a radio station helping visually impaired and disabled listeners get local news every day. It's called Audio Journal, an FM station that describes itself as a "radio reading service for individuals who are blind": 24) How Helpful Is Remote Work for People with Disabilities?For many years, people with certain disabilities advocated for the right to work from home. These advocates presented this alternative arrangement as a reasonable workplace accommodation. However, companies frequently denied such requests. Then, the pandemic hit: 25) What I Used Today: 3D Printer & ThingiverseA TVI shares tips on using 3D printing and Thingiverse to represent concepts in an accessible format for students who are blind or visually impaired: 26) The Biggest Mistakes in Digital Accessibility and How to Avoid ThemCustomers overwhelmingly prefer digital online forums, and that trend is staying strong. With this demand for access to the digital landscape comes the need to remain accessible. However — it's critical to maintain the good accessibility habits developed from your past physical, face-to-face customer dealings. This is an area where many companies make errors — so how can you avoid these common errors and achieve your accessibility goals while navigating the digital arena? 27) #AudioEye Will Get You Sued | Adrian RoselliAudioEye is one of many vendors that claims its accessibility overlay product can make your site “accessible”. Like the other overlay vendors, AudioEye's overlay does not. If you have been lead to believe that AudioEye's overlay will protect you from complaints, whether via AudioEye advertising or sales efforts, then it is important to know that may not be true. In fact, using AudioEye's overlay can add demonstrable WCAG failures and in some cases have no impact for users. I outline a few examples in this post. It is not an exhaustive collection, however. As with my other posts about overlays, I have no interest in providing free QA: 28) Accessible Rentals In Short Supply Amid Calls For Minimum Accessibility Standards For All New Houses In NSWLe Hoa Tseng likes to sit in her wheelchair on the front porch of her unit in Sydney's inner west and chat with her neighbors as they come and go. "Like a security guard," she says. But lately, there are fewer and fewer familiar faces at her Concord West apartment complex. Many of the old tenants have moved out and some of the new ones stay for just a few months. Soon it will be Ms Tseng's turn to leave. After three years she is being forced to move out: 29) LEGOs Designed For The Blind And Visually Impaired Are Distributed Exclusively From Louisville Dozens of teachers sat around tables on March 1, 2023 at the Kentucky International Convention Center and worked to put together LEGO bricks while blindfolded. The teachers — who work directly with children who are blind or visually impaired — simulated working with an up-and-coming type of LEGO brick that helps students learn Braille. LEGO Braille Bricks feature a letter or symbol from the Braille alphabet and they can be combined to form words and sentences, just like traditional Braille. The bricks also include printed letters, so sighted teachers, family members and friends can learn alongside the visually impaired children: 30) Teaching Students with Visual Impairments: An Introduction | Paths To LiteracyThis powerpoint presentation is designed to introduce administrators, teachers, paras and related service providers to some of the basics in working with students with visual impairments: 31) Blind Man Shows The Reality Of What People With Different Eye Conditions Can Actually SeeA man who is blind in one eye has shared a fascinating insight into what reality looks like for people with different eye conditions. Check out his video below: 32) Disability: IN's Monthly Round Up Of Digital Accessibility News For March 2023https://disabilityin.org/accessibility/march-2023-digital-accessibility-roundup/ 33) Important Disability Terminology, Acronyms, and DefinitionsFor many, the terms used in, and about special education are unfamiliar. Learning these unfamiliar terms, and the commonly used acronyms that represent them, can help in navigating the special education and 504 processes. This list is intended to help familiarize you with common terms, definitions, and acronyms that are frequently used in the disability space. Education definitions may differ from state to state. The acronyms and terminology below is reflective of definitions most commonly in education at the national level: ➜ Featured Webinars, Training Courses and EventsSubmit 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.March 6, 2023 | Lego Braille Bricks Live Session 6: Daily Living Activities | APH8AM PT, 9AM MT, 10AM CT, 11AM ET, 4PM GMT March 7, 2023 | iBUG Today 12-Week Mac Course Begins5PM PT, 6PM MT, 7PM CT, 8PM ET, 1AM GMT on 3/8 March 7, 2023 | JAWS Inspect Hands-on Series: Five Screen Reader Accessibility Tests You Should Always Do9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 5PM GMT March 8, 2023 | Ability Summit | MicrosoftAbility Summit is a free digital event on March 8, 2023. Discover new accessible technology, learn from leaders with disabilities, and explore how accessibility empowers everyone within an organization, your community, and so much more. During the event, there will be opportunities to learn how everyone can imagine new technologies, leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Assistive Technology, and Inclusive Design to invent the future of inclusion; include people with disabilities and allies in a more inclusive workplace and society; and build technology to empower every person to achieve more: March 8, 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 8, 2023 | Talking #Access with Filmmakers | LinkedIn | Nefertiti Matos Olivares4PM PT, 5PM MT, 6PM CT, 7PM ET, 12AM GMT on 3/9 MArch 8, 2023 | Meetings on Microsoft Teams for Work with JAWS (Assistive Technology Webinar) | Access Ingenuity10AM PT, 11AM MT, 12PM CT, 1PM ET, 6PM GMT March 9, 2023 | Getting Onboard: Accessibility and Inclusion in Transportation | GoodMaps8AM PT, 9AM MT, 10AM CT, 11AM ET, 4PM GMT March 9, 2023 | Understand, Test, Solve: Color Contrast | TPGi9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 5PM GMT March 10, 2023 | ACB Currency Rally In Front Of The White House10:30AM PT, 11:30AM MT, 12:30PM CT, 1:30PM ET, 6:30 PM GMT March 11, 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 13, 2023 through March 17, 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 15, 2023 and March 16, 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 15, 2023 | Basics of PowerPoint Remediation (Digital Accessibility Webinar) | Access Ingenuity10AM PT, 11AM MT, 12PM CT, 1PM ET, 6PM GMT March 16, 2023 | FCC Meeting To Consider Accessibility Items7:30AM PT, 8:30AM MT, 9:30AM CT, 10:30AM ET, 3:30 PM GMT March 17, 2023 | On My Terms: Working With Visual Assistance Apps | Older Individuals Who Are Blind Technical Assistance Center (OIB-TAC)12PM PT, 1PM MT, 2PM CT, 3PM ET, 8PM GMT March 21, 2023 | Small Changes for Big Impact: Creating Accessible Word Documents | TPGi9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 5PM GMT March 21, 2023 and March 22, 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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John Slatin AccessU is an annual conference where tech professionals, content creators, policymakers, and advocates come together for deep learning in accessible digital design: May 13, 2023 | Travel Tools and Apps | Technology User Group | Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD)7AM PT, 8AM MT, 9AM CT, 10AM ET, 3PM GMT May 16, 2023 through May 18, 2023 | Virtua11y Web Accessibility Conference 2023 | NomensaNomensa's free, virtual web accessibility and digital inclusion conference: May 18, 2023 | Global Accessibility Awareness Day Help us celebrate the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! 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