By Anna on 1 October, 2010
Please note that spots are filling up quickly for the Liberated Learning Youth Initiative starting this fall. The Youth Initiative provides students with disabilities access to a new Speech Recognition transcription system. During the project, students will be given special user accounts where they will be able to upload recorded lectures and receive speech recognition generated, multimedia transcripts.
Posted in accessibility, Accessible Tech, Education, signal boost | Tagged canada, post-secondary education, students
By Ouyang Dan on 1 October, 2010
Overarching Moderatrix Trigger Warning for Strong Language. And by “Strong Language” I mean that I swear a lot. I pretty much knew that my life was going to get fucked up when my doctor had a Permanent Change of Station (PCS). I knew this, because according to the laws of karma to which I tend [...]
Posted in accessibility, i'm right here, intersectionality, military, oyd rants, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, for your own good, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, military, myths and misconceptions, pain management, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Anna on 1 October, 2010
US Conference: The Association on Higher Education And Disability is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for its 34th Annual Conference, “AHEAD 2011: Sustainable Access through Partnership.” The conference will be held July 11-16, 2011 at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, USA The Call for Proposals Submission Deadline is October 25, 2010 [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged Call for Papers, canada, United States
By Chally on 1 October, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? First up, something close to my heart as a user of Sydney public transport from Jo Tamar at Wallaby: Accessibility [...]
Posted in language, media and pop culture, recommended reading, representations, social attitudes | Tagged australia, Ireland, media, media and pop culture, Paralympics, transportation, United Kingdom, United States
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