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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Cochlear Implant: Two Months and Counting…
The past two and a half months with the cochlear implant have had its fair share of ups and downs, but the ups far outweigh the downs. It is definitely surpassing pre surgery expectations by a long shot. It has been amazing as I’ve passed major milestones such as listening to my favorite song, talking [...]
Accessibility in Technical Communication
I am venturing into the field of technical communication via a new internship. I will explore how accessibility is applied to this field so you’ll probably find posts about it on the blog from time to time. Technical communication and information/library science (my degree) share similar goals: to provide information in the most user friendly [...]
Windows 8 Accessibility
I was excited to find read that Microsoft is making a big effort to integrate accessibility features into their new touchscreen Windows 8 user interface. Windows has come out of the box with at least some accessibility features like high contrast and an on screen keyboard for years, but Windows 7 brought big improvements with [...]
Share Your Accessible Election Experiences with OpenIDEO
The election year craziness is well underway. So, of course that has me thinking about ways voting can be made more accessible for people with disabilities. Oregon is on the right track with their iPad Voting pilot program that they debuted last year. By allowing voters to use the iPad instead of paper voting, the [...]
The Process of Getting a Hearing Dog
I recently started the application process to get a hearing dog with Paws with a Cause, an organization that provides Hearing and Service dogs for people with disabilities. Guide dogs for the blind a lot more common, and people usually are familiar with at least some of what they do. Other service dogs don’t get [...]
