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Subject: [AsiaPacificDisability] Fw: GAATES - Global Accessibility News July 23
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Global Accessibility News – July 23, 2012
Europe Jul 23, 2012
GENEVA: Launched in November 2010, the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) Project continues to accelerate. The aim of the TIGAR project is to increase the Read More...
Europe Jul 23, 2012
MALTA: Clifford Portelli manoeuvres his wheelchair up a ramp to mount a pavement in Fgura, but when he reaches the end he comes across a step Read More...
Middle East Jul 23, 2012
ISTANBUL: People with hearing disabilities report facing difficulties in hospitals and other public institutions, such as courts and schools, as there are no staff members able Read More...
Americas Jul 23, 2012
North Carolina has expanded a travel guide to help persons with disabilities explore the Tar Heel State. The sixth edition of “ACCESS North Carolina: A Vacation and Read More...
Europe Jul 23, 2012
The University of Nottingham is starting a project to help people with cochlear implants. The university has joined forces with the Ear Foundation to provide a website Read More...
Europe Jul 22, 2012
IRELAND: People with vision disabilities have come together to protest against what they describe as “persistently poor quality” in the sound quality of announcements on Iarnród Read More...
Americas Jul 21, 2012
Hawaii’s Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and Services for the Blind Division has received national recognition for a unique training program called “New Visions,” which is offered to Read More...
Africa Jul 20, 2012
NIGERIA: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, in Akure, announced plans to accommodate people with physical disabilities in its cashless policy drive. Ikechukwu Nwaoha, the Read More...
Americas Jul 20, 2012
AppleInsider has discovered a couple of patent applications that may make Apple devices helpful to people with hearing disabilities. The applications published this week by the U.S. Patent Read More...
Americas Jul 20, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative (A&I) has planned an event called “Developing with Accessibility,” at the FCC’s headquarters on September Read More...
Europe Jul 20, 2012
UK: Research and development work relating to assistive technology 2011-12 annual report (PDF, 2MB) is published pursuant to section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Read More...
Americas Jul 20, 2012
A coalition of the largest disability rights groups in the country has announced a national boycott of hotels along with a public awareness campaign concerning an Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jul 19, 2012
BEIJING: A project to transcribe movies to audio descriptions for people with vision disabilities was launched Wednesday at the China Braille Library. Four film organizations sponsoring the Read More...
Americas Jul 19, 2012
OTTAWA: Canadians have a better picture of how disability affects equality of opportunity, thanks to a new benchmarking study released by the Canadian Human Rights Commission Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jul 19, 2012
Persons with disabilities may have more accessible service delivery through the social enterprise initiative Access iQ. The initiative developed by Media Access Australia is aimed at ensuring Read More...
Americas Jul 19, 2012
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Forest Service recently announced national accessibility accomplishment awards highlighting three national winners in New Hampshire, South Dakota and in the West to recognize Read More...
Europe Jul 19, 2012
LONDON: WheelPower, the National Disability Sports Charity and Smart Phone application, cab:app have joined forces to improve access for persons with disabilities using public transport in Read More...
Americas Jul 18, 2012
FEMA will host the National Preparedness Symposium “Increasing Preparedness to Build Community Resilience” in Crystal City, Virginia; August 7 – 9, 2012. The agenda will provide a forum Read More...
Americas Jul 18, 2012
MONTREAL: HumanWare, in partnership with Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB), has unveiled the HumanWare Communicator, the first multilingual face-to-face conversation app for people who are deafblind. Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jul 18, 2012
SRINAGAR, INDIA: At a day-long workshop on ‘disability’, a number of participants Tuesday urged the J&K Government and Non Governmental Organizations to ensure effective implementation of Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jul 17, 2012
Chinese government has encouraged all state-run TV stations above the city level to provide programs with subtitles. The policy came as part of regulations published by the Read More...
Americas Jul 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES: The oldest and largest sightseeing tour company in Los Angeles has agreed to provide access for people in wheelchairs as part of a federal consent decree. Federal prosecutors Read More...
Americas Jul 17, 2012
CHICAGO: Product Development Technologies (PDT), a leading product development firm, has worked with Perkins Products to equip the world’s most widely used braille writer with first-of-its-kind Read More...
Americas Jul 17, 2012
Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) and Ensemble Video on July 16 announced the completion an integrated platform for captioning video course material at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). AST’s CaptionSync Read More...
Asia-Pacific Jul 17, 2012
SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION: The Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) came up with series of training and lectures catering to frontliners or service providers Read More...
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