Homefront: Where Disabilities Arenât Allowed to Win
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A 72-year-old nonprofit organization in Manhattan runs job training and employment programs for people with disabilities or mental illness.
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As director of Web operations at the American Foundation for the Blind, Crista Earl knows more than most about how visually impaired people can access the Internet. Still, when she browses the Web, Earl, 48 and blind, finds it time-consuming and difficult to use.
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At last, we have the results in the Talk-to-the-Prime-Designer Contest. I apologize for the delay, which was due partly to the volume of entries (over 400) and partly to an unusual late-hour conflict among the judges. The rules of the contest were simple: Assume weâre all living in a computer simulation like the envisioned by [...].
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The lights at Athens&#39; Olympic stadium turn red to signify the handover of the Paralympic Games to the host city, Beijing. Photo: AFP.
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An organisation has been launched to encourage more disabled people to take part in motorsport helped by technological innovation
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What can manufacturers do to make devices more accessible to the blind?.
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By JANET FRANKSTON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  The next generation of physical rehabilitation, brewing in computer engineering labs, uses technology found in virtual reality games.
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By Dmedit  IT sounds so fair and so innocuous: Americans with disabilities should not face discrimination in public accommodations or at work. What's wrong with that? What could go wrong?  And indeed, the Americans with Disabilities Act has done many people much good.
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Software application is intended to help the visually impaired make full use of their cell phones.
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More and more broadcasters across the world, especially in Europe and Asia, are putting the Paralympics into the spotlight, but the major sporting tournament for people with disabilities remains off screen in the world's biggest television market -- the United States.
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Winning robot for iRobot Create contest does many things you wish the company already offered in a home robot.
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When pondering how to help a son with SPD -- his brain can't handle all the sensory input from his body -- a software engineer looks to neuro-tech experts and recalibration. In Bodyhack.
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UK city wins a government competition to find ways for technology to tackle social exclusion.
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Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity Into a Competitive Edge By Kenneth Arroyo Roldan and Gary M. Stern Collins, 304 pages, $22.95
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Automakers over the last decade have expanded their lineup of vehicles catering to the needs of disabled people and the elderly. A Toyota Motor Corp.
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After more than 2 1/2 years of physical therapy and electronic stimulation, stroke victim Mike Marin still couldn't open a door with his left hand. Now, thanks to a robot, Marin can open a door. His atrophied left arm isn't completely useless anymore.
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By Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec.