Category: Accessibility News

Mythili Sampathkumar Digital TrendsMarch 27, 2020 Rachel, an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was actually considering online classes last year before COVID-19 forced…

People With Disabilities Say Rationing Care Policies Violate Civil Rights Joe Shapiro NPR, March 23, 2020 People with disabilities are asking the federal government to…

Barring visitors ignores the specific needs of those with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities By Natalie Spagnuolo, Michael Orsini CBC News Opinion, Mar. 29, 2020 Disabled…

March 24, 2020 It is imperative that the Government of Canada urgently address the unique vulnerabilities of people with disabilities and their families during the…

Irish Tech News’March 12, 2020 Microsoft and Enable Ireland have joined forces today to announce a new commitment to embed AI into the Assistive Technology…

Michelle McQuigge / The Canadian Press March 18, 2020 Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, Deputy Prime…

By Morgan Black -Global News Posted March 16, 2020 On Monday, an ASL/English interpreter was present during an Alberta Health COVID-19 update for the first…

By Amy M. Warren w Globe and Mail, Mar. 16, 2020 I started my career as a 25-year-old professor eagerly running between classes, but my…

Seeing companies make drastic changes to accommodate working remotely during the coronavirus outbreak is great ” but it’s also frustrating for those of us who…

by Curtis Chong Braille Monitor March 2020 From the Editor: Many of us have had an electronic partner that stays with us almost all the…