Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/19/amber-and-me-review-amber-davies-down-syndrome
Month: March 2021
People With Disabilities Say This AI Tool Is Making the Web Worse for Them
Posted in Accessibility News
AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025-but activists say the company’s AI is making things worse. by Todd…
‘My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit’: what’s next for the March 4 Justice
Posted in General
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/17/my-feminism-will-be-intersectional-or-it-will-be-bullshit-whats-next-for-the-march-4-justice
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/17/ndis-assessments-ombudsman-warns-against-rushing-changes
Court Certifies Class of People With Disabilities Excluded From NYC Subway System Due To Lack of Stair-Free Access In Violation of NYC Human Rights Law
Posted in Accessibility News
February 23, 2021 New York, NYYesterday the New York Supreme Court certified a class of all people with disabilities for whom the use of stairs…
March 14, 2021 – Joseph C. Dolson Accessibility overlays are third-party web scripts that alter the user experience. Providers, which include AccessiBe, Userway, AudioEye, and…
Technologies for the autonomy of the blind: when the disable person becomes homo technologicus
Posted in Technology & Research
On his website and personal blog, Giuseppe di Grande made an interesting roundup of the “bullshit”, as he defines it, that students, companies and startups have invented in recent years for the blind.
‘Alarming’ report from disability royal commission released just hours after March 4 Justice protests
‘Not the NDIS we fought for’: disability advocates fear new assessments driven by cost cutting
Posted in General
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/11/not-the-ndis-we-fought-for-disability-advocates-fear-new-assessments-driven-by-cost-cutting
‘Urgent’ extension to disability inquiry ‘ignored’ by Morrison and Porter for four months
Posted in General
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/10/urgent-extension-to-disability-inquiry-ignored-by-morrison-and-porter-for-four-months