News
Updated
04/25/08
Below are recently announced items and articles that relate to disability
issues.
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The Multiple Sclerosis Society Of India (MSSI) is holding the first ever MS Walk in India on Saturday, December 7, 2002
- 11/27/02
GUIDE DOG USERS AND TRAINING SCHOOLS FILE FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST IOWA DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
- 11/26/02
The Electronic Curb-Cut Effect
- 11/25/02
The
Lighter Side of Accessible Design - 11/24/02
Widening the Net' 02 Series Seminar on "Universal Web Accessibility - Building Digital Ramps"-
11/24/02
Sovereign Bank Pursues Initiatives for Persons with Visual Impairments -
11/24/02
GOVERNOR DAVIS SIGNS LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CALIFORNIANS WITH DISABILITIES; STREAMLINES SERVICES 9-29-2002
- 10/19/02
ACB IDEA TASK FORCE White Paper
- 10/08/02
NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, 2002
- 10/07/02
National Disability Mentoring Day Participation to Exceed 3,000
- 10/07/02
Nine Questions with Kynn Bartlett
- 10/07/02
NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, 2002
- 10/07/02
12 millions de Français subissent un handicap
- 10/06/02
FACT SHEET- TELEPHONE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH SPEECH DISABILITIES
- 9/29/02
Computer
mouse for the blind developed - 9/13/02
Abuse
and Women with Disabilities - 9/13/02
Sports Expo Gets Wheels in Motion at Barrow Neurological Institute
- 9/13/02
ICDRI Announces Accessibility Oversight Consulting Services
- 9/01/02
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School Little Rock, Arkansas -
08/31/02
Serotek Corporation announces two exciting new programs that pack a lot more freedom in the FreedomBox SA and FreedomBox Lifestyle.
08/31/02
U.S. Deaf Ski & Snowboard Association
08/25/02
Autism Arts
08/25/02
WHY WE WISH TO ADOPT A LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT AND WHAT KINDS OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS TO CONSIDER 08/04/02
Team Hoyt Its Only a Mountain
08/03/02
Important Pedestrian Safety Alert Regarding the Segway Human Transporter
08/03/02
IT giant takes Wichita computer school to Atlanta to improve the lives of people with disabilities
14th July speech by Chirac On Disabilities and Other Issues
8/01/02
The French Senate and Disabilities
8/01/02
NEED FOR OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 1918 INTRODUCED BY TORLAKSON
8/01/02
Sylvan Leef
8/01/02
FREEDOMBOX NETWORK LAUNCHES ONLINE DOCUMENT SCANNING AND STORAGE SOLUTION FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED
7/27/02
Alpha Version of the Hawking Communicator
7/26/02
Chip
Malcolm Auto Biography
7/18/02
Announcement- New Irish IT accessibility guidelines
7/02/02
EDF
895 Community Development with People with Disabilities in Developing
Countries(3 credits) 7/01/02
INET 2002 Presentations
7/01/02
Resolution of Commendation
for Cynthia Waddell from the City of San Jose!!!!
06/25/02
Cynthia Waddell Becomes New Executive Director of ICDRI
6/20/02
When Innovation Meets Accessible IT-Design
6/18/02
FIRST DISABILITY SPORTS SHOW
6/15/02
World Cup Soccer Matches Accessible to People with Disabilities
6/15/02
Help the 'differently
abled' to get on the Web 5/30/02
What is Autism?
5/15/02
Digital Divide in Singapore - Beyond Ubiquitous Internet Access
5/15/02
Cybrarian Project Executive Summary
5/15/02
City of San Jose World Wide Web Page Disability Access Design Standards
5-/15/02
FREEDOMBOX NETWORK LAUNCHES ONLINE SHOPPING MALL FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED
5/10/02
Internet Use - A Personal Experience
- 5/08/02
CHALLENGES IN CREATING SOFTWARE AND CONTENT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING
and Les enjeux et les défis liés à la création de logiciels et de contenus en matière de formation à distance pour les personnes handicapées
- 5/05/02
Interview
with Kynn Bartlett 3/14/02
AT&T LABS NATURAL VOICES NAMED TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR
3/14/02
The
Japanese plan to assist the use of the information and communication technology, and secure the web accessibility for elderly and disabled individuals
3/08/02
Vendor Section 508 Compliance Self-Certification- A Questionable Practice
3/08/02
Sims News
1/25/02
TecAccess
1/23/02
Project Cope
1/19/02
News
on Talking ATMs 1/16/02
Special Needs Links in French
12/15/01
Updated Air Advisory
- 12/10/01
European
Day of Disabled People 3 December 2001 Brussels 21/03/01
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY COMMENDS OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE RECOMMENDATION TO REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS
11/26/01
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE RECOMMENDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO REQUIRE ELECTRONIC & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- 11/26/01
Signing Video Clips on demand for web sites
11/13/01
Resources on Emergency Evacuation and Disaster Preparedness
11/13/01
UsableNet's participation in Macromedia's multi-city tour
11/13/01
SAS inSchool to Address Accessibility
11/09/01
Resources for People Who
Can't Afford Hearing Aids and Cochlear
Implants 11/08/01
People with Disabilties and Airline Security
11/06/01
Signing technology becomes a consumer
product 11/01/01
Social
Security Administration Awards 5-Year Agreement for SSB Technologies’
Section 508 Compliance Software and Services
-
Parents, it is 10-00 p.m. Do you know where your children are?
- 10/28/01
European Day of Disabled People-
10/20/01
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2001
- 10/10/01
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK ANNOUNCES FIRST INSTALLATION OF AUDIO ASSISTED ATMs IN MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY and NORTH CAROLINA
- 10/05/01
Bank of America announces plans to install more than 7,000 Talking ATMs nationwide by 2005 Initiative demonstrates continued leadership; applauded by the Vision Impaired
- 10/05/01
Speech
On Chinese Award for Chinese Version of Joni By Dr.
Zhangxu - 8/27/01
September 11 2001 Attack Resource Summary Page
- 9/16/01
Words for All of Us from Vinton Cerf
- 9/12/01
Analysis of WCAG and Section 508 by Disability Type
- 8/24/01
FLORIDA GOVERNOR ADDRESSES AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT CONFERENCE
- 8/16/01
SignTel Interpreter Press Release
8/15/01
Total Access Group Offers Awards for Accessible Web Sites
7/12/01
National Council
on Disability Releases New Paper The Accessible Future.
Web Accessibility and the DDA
7/06/01
Web
Accessibility Guidelines in Spanish 7/05/01
Updated
Guidelines and Information on Accessible Design in Portuguese
7/05/01
Remarks
by the President Highlighting His Commitment to Americans with
Disabilities
6/19/01
Citibank Announces Installation of New York's
First Talking ATM's 5/22/01
The
Passing of Len Kasday 5/19/01
Accessibility of Macromedia Flash
4/20/01
A Proposal for a Research Agenda in Computer Human Interaction
4/19/01
The Mouse and The Rock
4/13/01
Presentations
from the CSUN Conference in Los Angeles, March 2001
4/12/01
Economic Factors Involved with Universal Internet Access and
People with Special Needs - A Working Paper
4/05/01
The Digital Center for IT Research and Uses by/on
Adults and Disables
3/15/01
Accountability In IDEA in U. S. Education
3/10/01
WORKING TOWARDS ACCESSIBLE JOB SITES
2/20/01
Access Solutions for Rich Media
2/20/01
AAPD forms a partnership with JobOptions.com
2/14/01
New Zealand E-Government Web Guidelines - Exposure Draft
2/14/01
President Announces New Freedom Initiative
2/02/01
American Foundation for the Blind and Interliant Mark Web Accessibility Breakthrough
1/28/01
RESNA Technical Assistance Project And Loan Information
1/16/01
PSINet’s
Accessibility Center Of Excellence Oversees New California
Initiative To Bring Accessible E-Government To All Citizens1/08/01
Christine Maxwell Prepares and Presents First ISOC Discussion
Paper to UNESCO 12/22/00
U. S. Access Board Posts
Section 508 Final Rules!
12/20/00
We
Media Offers 1 Year Free Subscription
12/20/00
New
Special Needs Political Party Forming in France 12/10/00
Vinton Cerf Elected Chairman of ICANN
12/10/00
Two ICDRI Advisory Board Members Elected to ISTF ISSG
12/10/00
A Poem to Celebrate the Diversity of Special Needs
12/10/00
Expo 2000: Gadgets, Gizmos and
High Tech Hoopla
"Using Accessible
Portals for Research on the Web"... 12/10/00
Raising Awareness of the Economic Advantages of Universal Design
11/18/00
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
11/1/00
A Request for Help Funding the Parent Project- Received from Argentina
- 10/31/00
S.T.A.G.E.S. (Special Theater Arts Group for Exceptional Students)
- 10/22/00
A
New Report on Digital inclusion from the Department of Commerce
- 10/16/00
The
National Arts and Disability Center Presents:
THE ACCESSIBLE ARTS: ACTING ON ADA IN GREATER LA
- 10/02/00
President
Declares October National
Disability Employment Awareness Month. 9/30/00
President Clinton's
Remarks on Digital Opportunities for Americans with Disabilities:
- 9/22/00
President Clinton
to Visit Michigan for Next Stop on President's "DIGITAL
DIVIDE" Trip: -
9/21/00
President Clinton
to Visit Michigan for Next Stop on President's "DIGITAL
DIVIDE" Trip: - 9/17/00
USDOJ
Appellant Brief arguing that the ADA Applies to Internet Commercial
Businesses: Hooks. v. Okbridge, Inc. - 9/13/00
Will the National Federation of the Blind Renew Their ADA
Web Complaint Against AOL? -
By Cynthia D. Waddell - 9/12/00
Campaign of Collection of Signatures
- 9/09/00
Al Gore Prescription Drug Plan
- 9/07/00
George Bush Prescription Drug Plan
- 9/07/00
Senator
Patrick Leahy Produces Home Page Accessible to People with Disabilities
- 9/02/00
Access to Disability Data - 8/30/00
North Carolina State
University Settles with Department of Education, Office of Civil
Rights
- 8/24/00
North Carolina State University, OCR Case Nos. 11-98-2046, 11-99-2055,
11-99-2142 - 8/24/00
North Carolina State Technology Leaders to Announce Electronic Accessibility Recommendations for Persons with Disabilities -
8/23/00
WeMedia
Covers the Republican and Democratic Conventions: - 8/18/00
Department of Veterans Affairs to produce a study on the needs of Filipino veterans.
- 8/17/00
U. S. DOJ Supreme Court Brief filed in support of the ADA
- 8/14/00
U.
S. General Services Administration: Digital Divide Portal
- 8/10/00
Al Gore: Fighting for Americans with Disabilities
- 7/30/00
ICDRI in Support of ISOC-ISTF Position on Digital Signature Law
- 7/03/00
George
W. Bush's "New Freedom Initiative"
- 6/30/00
Online Petition to help
fight the Challenge to the ADA in the Supreme Court
European Commission acts to improve access for the
disabled at the workplace 5/15/00
AAPD: Top Ten Reasons to Renew the Pledge for
ADA and IDEA - 5/11/00
URGENT Campaign to Save the ADA
- 5/10/00
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