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Tag Archives: blind
May is Healthy Vision Month
In May 2003, the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), established “May is Healthy Vision Month (VHM)” as a national eye health observance. The Vision Health Initiative (VHI) of the Centers for Disease … Continue reading
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Offers Accessibility Webinars for Arts and Cultural Organizations
The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with the Very Special Arts Florida (VSAFL), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents a series of lunch-hour webinars entitled “Successfully Accessible.” The webinars are … Continue reading
Hispanic Heritage Month: Two Hispanics with Disabilities in the Entertainment Industry
Hispanic Heritage Month 2012 has focused our attention on well-known Hispanics with disabilities in various careers – from Supreme Court Justices to artists to actors to musicians to writers and so on. Today, we will be highlighting two amazing entertainers: … Continue reading
Honoring Latinos with Disabilities during Hispanic Heritage Month
Today, we highlight the artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (also known as de Goya), who is considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns, and guitarist José Feliciano, who has been referred to … Continue reading
Honrando a los latinos con discapacidades durante el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
Hoy destacamos el artista Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (también conocido como de Goya), quien es considerado el último de los Maestros Viejos y el primero de los Modernos, y el guitarrista José Feliciano, quien ha sido referido como … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, deaf, Hispanic Heritage Month, hispanos con discapacidad, hispanos con discapacidades, Latinos con discapacidad, latinos con discapacidades, mental health, minorities, personas con discapacidades, psychiatric disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language
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From ‘Knee-high’ to Seeing Eye: Guide Dogs
Ever wonder how an energetic puppy becomes a disciplined, focused seeing-eye-dog? Animal lovers will be happy to know that this doesn’t involve any type of animal cruelty or violation of puppy labor laws. Preparation begins when they are puppies and … Continue reading
The Autonomous Automobile
Google turned heads two years ago when the Silicon-valley giant unveiled its innovative self-driving car. With recent video surfacing of real-world tests, many believe this “auto-automotive” triumph will transform the way we travel. This revolutionary piece of assistive technology operates … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Research Study
Tagged assistive technology, automobile, blind, google, innovations, owusu, teddowusu, teddy, visual impairment, visual impairments
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Spring Extreme Sports for People with Disabilities
This past winter, we wrote about extreme sports for people with disabilities. Now that spring has sprung, we wanted to share some sports, extreme and otherwise, that people with disabilities are participating in. Here is a list of individual, team, … Continue reading
April’s White House Disability Call
This month’s White House Disability Call occurred on April 28th, 2011 at 2pm. Kareem Dale, Special Advisor to the President on Disabilites, led the call. The speakers for the call were from the US Senate Office of Chief Council and … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Legislation, Organization, Website
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, autism, blind, children, civil rights, conference call, disability, education, families, Regulations, White House
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White House Disability Policy Call on Education
This month’s White House Disability Policy Call dealt with education and children with disabilities. The call was led by Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President on Disability Policy. The two speakers for today were U.S. Department of Education Secretary … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation, Organization
Tagged accessibility, blind, children, conference call, developmental disabilities, disability, education, employment, White House
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