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Hartgen Consultancy, Carrie on Accessibility and Living Blindfully won First, Second and Third place, respectively, in this year's contest, and have earned the distinction of being voted one of the Top 10 Access Influencers of 2023. As one of the Top 3 of those Top 10 Access Influencers, they will each be joining the Access Information News publication as Sponsors for the next 3 months. I encourage you to get to know them during this time. Each of these access creators release an incredible amount of high quality content on a regular basis. And we're excited to show you even more of it in the coming months. 8) Access Information News Click-To-Vote Quick Poll #911 | Sponsored By: Access Ready, Inc.Question: Access Ready Asks: Which 2024 US Presidential candidate best understands the digital divide and how it affects people with disabilities? (Selections presented in alphabetical order by last name.) A.) Biden, Joseph R. B.) Desantis, Ronald D. C.) Trump, Donald J. D.) None of the above. E.) All of the above. Poll Link: https://bit.ly/ain-poll911 9) Introducing Beyond Barriers, Our New Accessibility Travel Column | Conde Nast TravelerTelevision host and travel writer Sophie Morgan will cover the latest news, hotels, restaurants, destinations, and tech, helping disabled travelers feel safe, secure, and inspired to travel the world: 10) A Comprehensive Guide to Mobility Devices | May 16, 2023 | Claire Szewczyk | Hill & Ponton Disability AttorneysMobility aids are special tools that assist individuals who face difficulties with their movement, allowing them to experience greater freedom and independence. These aids are commonly chosen by individuals with disabilities, injuries, or older adults who have a higher chance of falling. By using mobility aids, people can enjoy numerous advantages. First, they gain a sense of independence, as these devices enable them to move around with greater ease. Second, mobility aids help reduce pain, making it more comfortable for individuals to go about their daily activities. Third, these aids contribute to increased confidence and self-esteem, as users feel more secure and capable in their ability to move around. A wide variety of mobility devices are available to cater to different needs. These devices range from canes and crutches, which provide additional support while walking, to wheelchairs and stair lifts, which assist with mobility over longer distances or when facing stairs: 11) Social Media Etiquette For Accessibility | May 18, 2023 | Holly Tuke, Becky Brynolf | CharityCommsLiking someone's Instagram post from 2017? Posting TV spoilers? Backseat gaming? All big no-no's when it comes to social media etiquette, but what about not making your posts accessible in the first place? Online accessibility means that everyone can join in the discourse, the memes, and much more. It's a love note that says 'we want you here, this is for you too'. Here's our guide to accessible social media etiquette: 12) Baileys Launches 'Delicious Descriptions' Campaign For Blind And Partially-Sighted Social Media Users | May 19, 2023Adult treat brand, Baileys, has launched 'Delicious Descriptions', a social campaign focused on enhancing image descriptions and screen reader content for blind and partially-sighted social media users by layering in more delicious, more indulgent descriptors of treat content: 13) Radio and the Blind: An Evolving Relationship | May 17, 2023 | Radio WorldIn the 1920s, newspaper articles called radio a godsend for the blind. It was both educational and entertaining, and it would help them to feel less isolated. Today, many people with visual impairment live independent lives and enter a variety of occupations, including broadcasting. Thanks to technologies like screen-reading software, most internet websites are accessible. And a growing number of movies and television programs now have audio descriptions. So what role does radio play in a world in which blind people have so many information and entertainment choices? 14) 37 Years And Over 100 Arrests: Longtime Disability Rights Icon Anita Cameron Is Retiring From Protests | The 19th NewsIn the wake of her last protest, The 19th spoke with Cameron about her life and the future of disabled activism: 15) Emergency Communication Tips When You Have Hearing LossCommunicating during emergencies is deeply challenging: blaring sirens, stressful situations, and downed phone lines are all contributing factors that can make it hard to speak, hear, or think clearly. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, there's an extra layer of complexity and additional obstacles, including: 16) Recruiting Accessibility Testers with Disabilities | Accessibility.comWhen testing the accessibility of a digital platform or product, companies have a couple of options. The two most common means of accessibility testing are automated and manual. Although automated testing can be cost-effective and punctual, it needs some nuance inherent to manual testing. This nuance comes from the fact that manual testing is performed by real people rather than software. Manual testing allows contributions from a variety of perspectives. One such perspective offered in manual testing is that of people with disabilities. One could argue that the view of an individual with disabilities is one of the most valuable assets available to companies pursuing accessibility. In this piece, we will discuss the value of testers with disabilities, how to recruit testers and ethical considerations that a company should consider: 17) Fed CIO: More IDEA Act Guidance Coming This Summer | May 18, 2023 | MeriTalkFederal CIO Clare Martorana said today she expects the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance this summer to Federal agencies on how to further implement the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA Act) approved by Congress in late 2018: 18) Dear Colleague Letter On Online Accessibility At Postsecondary Institutions Released By The United States Department of Justice | May 19, 2023 | MicroassistThe DOJ's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a Dear Colleague Letter to postsecondary institutions reminding them of their obligations under ADA Title II to provide students with disabilities equal access to online courses and programs. OCR emphasized that institutions must make reasonable modifications to their websites and online courses to ensure that students with disabilities can participate and succeed. If you are a vendor that sells technology to educational institutions, this letter is a warning shot: 19) Putting DEIA Into Action: Why Inclusive Organizations Prioritize Digital Accessibility | Level AccessWhat do these acronyms mean? And how, if at all, are they different? In this post, we'll define DEI and make the case for why accessibility — and digital accessibility, in particular — is integral, not additional, to any effective DEI program. We'll also explain why DEIA needs to be a top priority for any organization aiming to foster a fairer and more just culture and succeed in today's market: 20) How For Blind People, The iPhone Significantly Changed The World Of Cell Phones Even More Than For The Sighted | May 16, 2023 | Kevin Renato Jones | Accessibility InsightsIn 1990 I had a conversation with my friend Aaron Levinthal about phones and we thought it would be cool if we could just take our phone put it on our belts and go out into public. Neither of us had seen a cell phone at that point yet. On a college trip the assistant choir professor Jonathan Overby had a cell phone, and used it once or twice. They began to be more prevalent as time passed, though I'd never held one until I got one. Well, a working cell anyway; my parents showed me an old cell from the early 1990s that was no longer in service. The retired phone was from one of their friends, was about the size of a brick, and seriously weighed in like one too , at least two or three pounds: 21) Can Completely Blind Persons Remediate PDF Documents By Themselves? | Karen McCall | Access Technology Higher Education NetworkPDF remediation is not possible for someone who depends on a screen reader and has no functional vision. The reason for this is that you have to match the tags in the tags tree to what you see on the physical page. Screen readers can only read a PDF through what gets tagged: 22) DoorDash Charges iPhone Users More Than Android Users, Lawsuit AllegesDoorDash charges iPhone users more than it charges Android users, at least according to a class-action lawsuit filed against the company. In the lawsuit, customers allege that DoorDash uses vague fees "delivery charges" fees as a way to mask the higher prices being paid by iPhone users: 23) How Do Blind People Watch Movies? | MakeUseOf.comThanks to many accessibility features, visually impaired people can enjoy movies as much as everyone else: 24) The Problem With Medical Moms | Grace Dow WritesA critical look at how disabled children and youth feel when their parents share details of their disabilities on social media: 25) Of Keys and Castles: The Social Model of Disability | Trevor Attenberg | World Blind HeraldHere's the scenario. You are involved in an organization in your hometown to alleviate hunger and homelessness. The organization's president is a charismatic type, capable of passionate speeches that shake dust from the sealing and keep nearly everyone wide-awake. “If you ain't willing to open your own castle to someone in need, you better not be talking to me about an open mind” she says. She composes the monthly report, which, like her speeches, feature ornate examples of her drawing and map-making abilities. In fact, most of the essential information in the monthlies are conveyed in this manner. Donation records are described by pictures of soup cans and tents, with numbers scribbled below with a sharpy. Volunteer assignments and current projects at homeless encampments are depicted on a map, which gives most participants a good idea of how close to their home everything is. Problem is you are blind. You've asked for digital copies of reports on a number of occasions, without anything to show. Undaunted, you collected one of the paper copies, and brought it home to scan with your newly updated phone. Because the written information is done by hand, and is not organized into neat rows or columns, your phone's OCR App can neither decipher the majority of characters, nor arrange them coherently. Worse, all the maps and nice drawings render into clusters of tildes and Curley brackets: 26) Hitting Bullseyes While Blind: How Adaptive Hunting Equipment Is Helping 2 Marksmen CompeteShaun Payne positioned himself behind his rifle, equipped with a camera clipped to the scope — the technology that displays the scope's view on a monitor. His spotter and friend, Stephen Miller, used a computer monitor to see Payne's targeting, adjusting the scope crosshairs onto the target. Payne whispered his usual mantra before he pulled the trigger. "I am a sandbag," he said. Then, he fired the rifle. Since Payne has adopted the adaptive technology, he said he's been able to shoot several bullseyes — some from 1,000 yards away. The experienced marksman shows no shortage of talent, despite having been blinded by a motorcycle accident in Utah five years ago: 27) Lawsuits Targeting Company Websites For ADA Violations On The Rise | May 16, 2023 | Star TribuneDigital accessibility is required by law, but less than 4% of websites fully comply, leaving most businesses exposed to litigation risk: 28) Opinion: The GOP Wants To Put Work Requirements On Medicaid Recipients. That Could Be Devastating For Thousands Of Americans | Mia Ives-Rublee | CNNHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy and nearly all House Republicans voted late last month to rip away health coverage from hundreds of thousands of people like me, passing a measure that would impose work requirements as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid as part of their bill to raise the debt ceiling. If McCarthy's bill becomes law, an estimated 600,000 people would lose coverage: 29) Overture Center Offers 'Tactile Tour' For Blind Audience Members At 'The Lion King' | May 17, 2023 | News 3 Now | YouTubeThe Overture Center for the Arts gave visually impaired audience members a chance to get up close and personal with props and costumes from "The Lion King" before Wednesday night's performance: 30) Paralympic Star Brad Snyder Talks Accessibility, Identity, Thoughts On Paris 2024 | NBC Sportshttps://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/05/17/brad-snyder-paralympics/ 31) Pop-up Ads Create Accessibility Issues — Here's How to Use Them EffectivelyYou are scrolling through your social media feed and stumble upon an interesting article. You click on the link to learn one. Before you can scroll to the second paragraph, a pop-up ad covers your screen. Its appearance is unexpected, the bright colors or video auto-play make it difficult to look at your phone, and the close button is hard to find. By the time you click away from the pop-up, your enthusiasm for the article has declined. For people without disabilities, pop-ups are usually considered an annoyance. For web users with disabilities, these pop-ups can limit their access to important information. However, many companies highlight the value of pop-up ads for revenue and conversion purposes. You can still keep using these ads, but first, you need to make some tweaks. Here's what you need to know from an accessibility standpoint: 32) 7 Museums, Gardens, And Performance Venues Making Art More Accessible To All | RoadTrippers.comDecades after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, there's still a lot of progress to be made in making businesses, cultural institutions, and public spaces truly accessible for everyone. But every new technological advancement and thoughtful initiative allows more and more people to engage with the arts in new ways. From glasses designed to correct for color blindness, tactile displays, and braille signage, to improved wheelchair accessibility, here are seven places in the U.S. that are making experiences and environments more welcoming and comfortable to all visitors: 33) Echolocation Mastery Activates The Visual Cortex In Blind Individuals | BigThink.comHumans are capable of using sound to navigate the environment in a process called echolocation. In blind people, the visual cortex can adapt its function to process non-visual information. A recent study examined how a brain region called the occipital place area factors into this process: 34) Where Do I Start With Accessibility? | May 14, 2023 | Tim DixonWhere do I start with Accessibility? is the first question that anyone new to accessibility asks. Therefore, this post aims to provide a starting point to get involved with accessibility, regardless of you level of knowledge or role: 35) Talking RFID Prescription Bottles to Launch at Wegmans Pharmacies | May 19, 2023The grocery chain Wegmans will become the latest retail pharmacy to pilot the ScripTalk radiofrequency identification (RFID) prescription labeling system in five of its New York stores, the company announced in April. ScripTalk labels, placed on the bottom of the prescription bottle by the pharmacist, include special RFID codes that can be read by a small, battery-operated device called a ScripTalk station (provided at no cost to the patient). The device reads the prescription information out loud, including the drug name, prescription number, dosage, instructions, warnings and refill information. The labels can also be accessed on a patient's phone with apps for both Android and iOS: 36) United States: Proskauer Obtains Victory For Visually Impaired Chicagoans | May 15, 2023Proskauer and co-counsel Disability Rights Advocates ("DRA"), a nationwide nonprofit disability rights legal center, triumphed in a Chicago court this month, obtaining a ruling that will lead to historic accessibility improvements for the more than 65,000 people with vision difficulties who live in Chicago. The Court granted summary judgment on claims that the City of Chicago discriminated against blind and low vision pedestrians under federal disability rights laws by failing to install accessible pedestrian signals (APS) at signalized intersections. American Council of the Blind of Metropolitan Chicago, et al. v. City of Chicago, No. 1:19-cv-06322 (N.D. Ill.): 37) New Learning Tool Is The 'Holy Braille' For Visually Impaired Students In Hawai'i | Hawai'i Public RadioWhen it came time for her exams, Eme Mitchell-Butler said she was prepared but nervous about questions on diagrams. The Kalaheo High School student is blind and depends on braille and tactile graphics to understand complicated charts and other illustrations through her fingertips. Mitchell-Butler wanted to be a biochemist, so she took advanced biology, trigonometry and physics. But she hasn't always received her textbooks on time. Mitchell-Butler's case is not unique as blind students across the U.S. can wait three to five months to get their hardcopy braille. Braille textbooks can also cost between $20,000 and $40,000 per book, according to the American Printing House for the Blind. A new device called the Monarch may cut that waiting time. Developers have even nicknamed it the "holy braille:" 38) Accessibility Overlays Don't Guarantee Compliance With European Legislation | May 17, 2023 | European Disability ForumThe European Disability Forum (EDF) and International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) have issued a joint statement clarifying the limitations of a technology known as 'accessibility overlay' — and warned that this technology does not make websites accessible or compliant with European accessibility legislation. Accessibility overlays enable users to change the way online content looks. While this can help some people, similar features are already available in today's browsers and devices — and some overlays can interfere with the other technology people with disabilities use to access online content (known as assistive technology). Many public and private online services are now using accessibility overlays instead of fixing their website to ensure it complies with accessibility laws and digital accessibility standards. Our objective with this statement is to ensure that people who are not digital accessibility experts understand what this technology can and cannot do. We strongly advise buyers of technology to actively engage with digital accessibility experts, persons with disabilities and their representative organizations to understand user needs and how these can be met: 39) New Kansas Website Accessibility Law Provides Local Businesses With A Litigation Sword | ADA Title IIIA New Kansas law will allow resident businesses to sue ADA website plaintiffs and their counsel over "abusive" litigation to recover defense fees and potentially punitive damages: 40) A Shocking Discovery About Phantom Limb Sensations Could Revolutionize Prosthetics | InverseWhen someone loses a limb, they might feel sensations in the region of their missing appendage as if it were still there. This phenomenon is known as a phantom limb, and it occurs in most people who lose an arm or leg. Scientists still don't fully understand why this happens despite numerous theories. Now, a paper published today in the journal Science describes how people with phantom limb sensations can experience temperature changes. Scientists say understanding why this happens could help them create better prosthetics that include thermal sensation: 41) British Vogue Is Available In Braille. Blind 'Fashionistas' React.British Vogue is making strides when it comes to inclusivity with the release of a braille edition of the magazine's latest issue: 42) If You Can See It Then I Have A Right To Know About It — We Are All Entitled | Award Winning Sight Loss Coach, Advocate and Author Donna JodhanOur world is made up of everyone! Sighted, non sighted, mainstream, and those with a disability! Let us not forget this! 43) Can Airlines Fix Their Antiquated Accessibility Procedures? | May 10, 2023 | Samuel Blatchford | The Alpena NewsAirline travel can be stressful. You have to deal with long lines at security, missing or damaged luggage, even a delayed flight or two. For Laura Hall, the program director at the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition in East Lansing, air travel can be even tougher. Hall has cerebral palsy and uses a power chair to get around. She said she hasn't had pleasant experiences while traveling by plane, and there were three instances where her chair was damaged: 44) Bronx MTA Hero Prioritizes Accessibility By Making Seats Comfortable, Putting Braille On Buses | ABC7 NewsThis week's MTA Hero is Kerry Bowden, a man who works hard to make sure accessibility is a priority with the MTA. Bowden is the Assistant Chief Maintenance Officer with the Department of Buses at Zerega Bus Maintenance and Training Facility in the Bronx. He and his team work with the accessibility team, looking to find ways to help New Yorkers get around: 45) National Federation of the Blind May 2023 Newsletterhttps://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/imagineering-our-future/may-2023 ➜ 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.May 23, 2023 | Ask Sharky: Five Tips for Accessing PDFs in Adobe Reader with JAWS9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 4PM GMT May 23, 2023 | Tech It Out | Monthly Hadley Discussion Group5PM PT, 6PM MT, 7PM CT, 8PM ET, 12AM GMT Next Day May 24, 2023 | Understand How to Create & Review VPATs (Digital Accessibility Webinar) | Access Ingenuity10AM PT, 11AM MT, 12PM CT, 1PM ET, 5PM GMT May 24, 2023 | Understand, Test, Solve: Semantics | TPGi9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 4PM GMT May 25, 2023 | Envision's May Update And Summer Show Schedule | Envision9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 4PM GMT May 25, 2023 | JAWS For Beginners Webinar | Computers For The Blind5PM PT, 6PM MT, 7PM CT, 8PM ET, 12AM GMT on 5/26 May 25, 2023 | Explore the Compact 8 — Free Training Webinar | Optelec9AM PT, 10AM MT, 11AM CT, 12PM ET, 4PM GMT May 31, 2023 | TOPAZ Magnifiers: Powerful Visual Aids (Assistive Technology Webinar — ACVREP CE Approved) | Access Ingenuity10AM PT, 11AM MT, 12PM CT, 1PM ET, 5PM GMT June 2, 2023 | ATHEN Sixth Annual Accessibility Summer Camp 20236AM PT, 7AM MT, 8AM CT, 9AM ET, 1PM GMT July 1, 2023 through July 6, 2023 | NFB 2023 National Convention in Houston, TexasThe National Federation of the Blind is the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind people. 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Sponsor Since: May 29, 2023 Website: https://www.livingblindfully.com/ 🌐️ About: Podcasting since 2004, Jonathan Mosen has been a well-known and trusted voice in the blind community for over a quarter of a century. The quality of his work is well-regarded, and his ability to entertain and inform is widely acknowledged. With a background in commercial radio, Jonathan saw the potential of streaming audio to bring the blind community together, so in 1999, he devised Blind Line, the first global call-in show for the blind community. He founded and directed ACB Radio, mentoring many volunteers in the blind community to take up Internet broadcasting and content production. Several prominent blind podcasters who continue to make valuable contributions to our community got their start during this period. Prior to the start of the podcast era, his Main Menu show, which went to air for the first time on 10 April 2000, was a global grass roots way for blind people to share tips, tricks and demonstrations of technology. The archives of this show now represent an important historical record of the period. Jonathan has hosted the popular Mosen Explosion music radio show for more than two decades. In 2010, he founded Mushroom FM where he can still be heard. Jonathan is or has been a CEO, thought leader, advocate, change agent, government relations professional, author, information technology consultant, Internet start-up founder, candidate for Parliament, IT product designer, and non-profit Chair. He is married to Bonnie and has four children — two daughters and two sons, as well as a granddaughter. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2019 for his services to the blind community. You can learn more about Jonathan on his personal website. Sponsor: Carrie on Accessibility
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He has been an Apple Ambassador for Apple Australia since 2009 with a group of other Ambassadors / Apple Distinguished Educators (ADE)'s covering the range of Apple's Accessibility solutions throughout Australia. David produces a range of podcasts (since 2011) covering Apple and other technologies which are distributed on his own podcast (http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com). In addition, he also has a regular Talking Tech program (since 2013) which can be heard every Tuesday at 4:30 Eastern Summer Time on Vision Australia Radio Melbourne (available online) or via https://omny.fm/shows/talking-tech-vision-australia-radio David also runs a weekly Tech Monday where people can chat about assistive and main stream technology, share information, and any tips and tricks. David lost his sight when he was 8 years old and had to learn Braille. 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