Archive for “July, 2008”

New Accessible Typeface Font from Fontsmith

Posted by: CynthiaL on July 24th, 2008

The following announcement was sent to us by Rachel Houghton.
Renowned typographical foundry Fontsmith have teamed up with Mencap, the UK’s leading charity for people with learning disability, their families and supporters, to create a new corporate typeface as part of a complete rebranding exercise: “FS Me”. See the accessible PDF showing examples of the new [...]

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Choosing Assistive Listening Systems for Students with Hearing Loss

Posted by: kmardahl on July 13th, 2008

(This is an article reprinted here by kind permission from its author, Becky Morris.)
Disabled student service providers and vocational rehabilitation counselors are on the ‘front line’ addressing the needs of hard of hearing individuals. You are the professionals who need to understand the communication obstacles, introduce technical solutions and other support services to hard of [...]

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State of New Jersey Uses Usablenet Assistive on Website

Posted by: CynthiaL on July 10th, 2008

The department of Personnel at the State of New Jersey provides a text-based mode to their Web content using Usablenet Assistive as part of their efforts to comply with the ADA and Section 504. Usablenet Assistive converts a web page into its text-only version on-the-fly by eliminating all page layout that is present in the [...]

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Legislation for People with Disabilities Left Out of Communications Technologies

Posted by: CynthiaL on July 10th, 2008

Washington, DC, 20 June 2008—American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Press Release
The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) is delighted that Representatives Edward Markey (D-MA) and Heather Wilson (R-NM) have introduced “The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008″ (H.R. 6320). The bill would amend the Communications Act to ensure that new [...]

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1st U.S. Drug Approved for Fibromyalgia

Posted by: Web Diva on July 10th, 2008

21 June 2007—(Womenshealth.gov HealthDay News) – Lyrica (pregabalin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat fibromyalgia. It’s the first drug approved in the United States to treat the condition that affects up to 6 million Americans, the agency said Thursday. People with fibromyalgia usually have chronic pain, muscle stiffness, fatigue, [...]

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