Ability AnywareFall 2015

©2015

In This Issue:

* Assistive Technology

(AT) Apps

* Digital Literacy

* Starkey Hearing

Foundation's

Global Impact

* Noteworthy Books &

Performances

Ability Anyware

Holiday Gift Guide

& Greeting Cards

A11YNYC

Accessibility

Camp

Disability

Friendly Venues

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"Every Tree is Different in Some Way" greeting cards are

available for purchase during holiday season (while supplies last).

Cards printed on recycled paper. Visit Ability Anyware Market on

Square Marketplace for more details.

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ContentPage 1Cover Art

From the Editor

Ability Anyware Workshops

Editor’s Pick of AT Apps

AT World: Putting AT on the Map AT

AT & Daily Living

Global Impact

Disability Friendly Venues

Noteworthy Books & Performances

Ability Anyware 's Holiday Gift Guide

Ability Anyware’s mission is to disseminate assistive technology (AT) news that facilitates the accessibility, inclusion, safety, employment, self-determination, recreation, creativity, and dignified recognition of persons with disabilities.

Artists, submit your art to ability.anyware@gmail.com (jpeg or png file) for

consideration to be featured in one of our publications!

By Sharon, Deaf Artist

Sharon is a Deaf artist. She paints in watercolor and oil, sketches in colored pencils and charcoal, and dabbles in

electronic art.

Cover Art

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Ability Anyware:Mission POSSIBLE

October 17, 2016

More Details on Page 5

Alternative formats of this publication (audio, large prints, simple language) are available upon request.

Please submit your request to ability.anyware@gmail.com

Please participate in the Ability Anyware Assistive Technology (AT) Survey! You can complete it

online today! See page 3 for more details. Please note that some of the bold textin articles contain website and email links.

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"Every tree is different in some way."

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KinesicMouseHands-free use of mouse using your head or face

(Augmentative & Alternative Communica-tion/AAC), learning,daily living and social skills for individuals with a special need, disability, or a behavioral health disorder.

Pick Me! is a free, Windows 8, educational app for kids to learn how to read and distinguish between different fruits! All they have to do is click and drag the name of the fruit over the corresponding image. When the correct pair is chosen, kids will receive a check-mark, if not, they will get another try.

Transcense by AvaTranscense translates conversations in a peron's immediate surroundings to text.

InstaAidEnables individuals with physical and speech disabilities to call for help quickly.

At Ability Anyware, we work diligently to find and distribute assistive technology (AT) news. This includes technology and personal products, as well as disability-related services and training for persons with disabilities across gender, ethnicity, cultural background, and age. We consider disability diversity (hearing, visual, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, independent living). Not all information shared by Ability Anyware reflects the opinion of individuals involved with or featured in our publication.

Tanya Maxwell Editor-in-Chief

Ability Anyware’s Free Workshops:

1. My Safety Matters: Technology for Safety

2. Accessibility in Windows & Microsoft Office

3. Accessibility in iOS (Mac) & Pages4. Accessibility in Adobe5. Accessibility on YouTube

To register for workshops, contact us at ability.anyware@gmail.com

Editor’s Pick: AT Apps

More than 37 million individualswith disabilities are reported

living in the U.S. (2012 estimate by DisabilityStatistics.org).

We offer advertising opportunities for startups, nonprofit organizations, and exceptional individuals to be featured in our publication.

For more information, contact us atability.anyware@gmail.com

From the Editor

MySupport Software which provides caregiver and support matches for individuals with disabilities.

TalkingTiles"Talkingtiles is an assistive care app that can be used for communication

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AT World: Putting AT on the Map

What is Assistive Technology (AT)?

AT is any form of technology (high or low) that aids individuals with disabilities in mobility, daily tasks, personal care and safety, communication, job duties, medical treatment, exercise, recreational activities, and creative expression. With possibilities afforded via AT, developers continue to create apps and devices with the disability community in mind.

Accessibility in the Google Universe

Google is the most widely used search engine. With Google, users can retrieve the information they seek quickly and easily. Google is well aware that individuals with disabilities need access to information too. They make information and technology accessible to individuals with disabilities through Google Accessibilityfeatures.

A11Y NYC Accessibility Camp in

Gothama11y nyc, an AT focused Meetup in New York City, held its first Accessibility Camp on September 26, 2015 at NYU MAGNET2 Metrotech Center in Brooklyn, NY. The goal of the camp is to share information on "digital accessibility for users with different disabilities, cover digital accessibility topics from the web (technical to tactical), desktop software, mobile apps, eLearning, online gaming, open source innovations, and everything in between."

The Assistive Technology (AT) Act of 2004 established a total of 56 AT centers across the nation under the RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America) Catalyst Project. The centers, funded via a Rehabilitation Services Administration and U.S. Department of Education grant, provide employment services, such as job traning. To find out more about these centers, please visit RESNA Project website: http:www.resnaprojects. org/allcontacts/statewidecontacts.html

Ability Anyware would like your input on which AT you use. We are also interested in stories about barriers encountered in your life (tasks, equip- ment, surroundings).

Ability Anyware Assistive Technology Survey will gather important data like this to share with developers in updating, creating, and releasing AT.

You can complete the survey here: Ability Anyware Assistive Technology SurveyIf you need assistance with completing the survey or require audio & alternative formats of the survey, please contact usat ability.anyware@ gmail.com.

Your Input = Output

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Physically Challenged Action Foundation (PCAF) in Ghana, as featured in The World's Worst Place to be Disabled?, needs your support! They provide a nurturing home to youth with disabilities, who were ostracized in their villages. PCAF teaches these youth skills necessary to lead independent, productive lives. Please click here to support: http://www.pcaf.com.gh

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AT & Daily Living

Digital Literacy

What is digital literacy? How can one get it? When do we need it? Digital literacy is the ability to understand/use digital devices and interpret digital content.

Digital literacy is required on a daily basis for tasks such as communication, work related activities, school assignments, shopping, travel, recreation. Digital literacy can fill a communication gap for individuals with difficulty speaking or articulating words.

Austim Expressed provides specialized training/lessons to help adolescents to develop their digital literacy/life skills. They have different modules for understanding the Internet, safety, daily activities, education, and professional development.

UCLA, a Pathway of Study for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

UCLA Extension offfers a variety of courses for adults with diverse interests. This includes Pathway, a specialized curriculum for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "Pathway at UCLA Extension is a two-year certificate program for students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, offering a blend of educational, social, and vocational experiences, taught and supervised by experienced

Nationwide reports of missing perons with disabilities calls for greater safety training. Programs like Project GET SAFE in hospitals, schools, day treament programs, and residential facilities helps reduce safety risks and protect the vulnerable segment of our population. This includes individuals with disabilities, children, and seniors. Please visit Project GET SAFE Training & Resources Center for access to web-based safety lessons.

Common shortage of manpower in hospitals, residential facilities, and day treatment programs can lead to insufficient monitoring during moments that are critical to personal safety. Furthermore, individuals with disabilities have challenges reporting abuse, neglect, or danger. Assistive technology is a safeguard and can be ubiquitous when humans are not.

instructors sensitive to the individual needs of our students.

On campus, Pathway students attend classes and participate with UCLA students in the many social, recreational, and cultural activities of a major university."

For more information or request a tour, please contact UCLA Pathway at (310) 794-1235 or pathway@uclaextension.edu .

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For over 25 years, Infogrip has been the world leader in assistive technology, ergonomics and special education solutions. Our extensive experience andproduct knowledge enables us to matchyou with the best product that fits yourneeds. We know that every person with a disability requires something unique and that "one size" never fits "all" in our industry. That's why our customers receive the individual attention they need to find the product that is right for them. We truly believe there is a solution out there that can make using a computer possible for every person with any ability.

www.infogrip.com

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Global Impact

Ability Anyware Seeks Disability Advocacy Delegates

for Virtual ConferenceWhat's your ability? Ability Anyware is seeking delegates with disabilities to participate in our Mission Possible Conference on October 17, 2016. The conference will be launched online to make it more accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The last day to apply is January 30, 2016.

Please contact ability.anyware@gmail.com to apply or get more information about this event. More details about the virtual conference will also be posted on our Twitter page @abilityanyware.

Sound Gifts of The Starkey Hearing Foundation

The Starkey Hearing Foundation, established by Bill Austin in 1984, provides hearing aids to deaf and hard of hearing individuals with financial challenges around the world. Through the foundation's unwavering efforts, more than 1 million individuals have received the gift hearing, many for the first time in their lives. Starkey Hearing Foundation representatives and celebrity sponsors haven taken trips to more than 100 countries, many in remote villages, to fulfill individuals' requests for hearing aids.

Starkey Foundation recently donated $300,0000 in hearing aids to the 2015 Special Olympics. Click here (Starkey Hearing Foundation) to see one of their profoundly meaningful and touching videos and to contribute ''so that the the world may hear."

WHAT'S YOUR ABILITY?

RECRUITING DISABILITY ADVOCACY

DELEGATES FOR

MISSION POSSIBLE

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 17, 2016

YOUR BUSINESS AD HERE

BEST DAYFOUNDATION

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Best Day Foundation is a volunteer organization that helps children with special needs build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities like surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, snow sports, and more. Please join us in creating special days for children with Autism, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, blindness, cancer, spinal cord injuries, and other physical and developmental challenges. Learn more about Best Day Foundation at www.bestdayfoundation.org.

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Disability Friendly Venues

The following venues are accessible and disability friendly. They make accommodations necessary to provide a more than satisfactory and socially inclusive experience for customers with disabilities.

Paint a Tee located in Red Bank, NJ has

kind,creative staff in an accessible

art space where individuals can paint

their own T-shirts.

The Big Blue Bus in the city of Santa

Monica has wheelchair accessible,

kneeling (lowers on the ground) buses.

The bus drivers are very considerate and

help push individuals in wheelchairs onto

the bus whenever necessary.

Nature's Fruit Lab is operated by

a Deaf father and his daughter. It

is a mobile food unit on Westwood

Blvd (near UCLA) campus. They

serve sweet,fresh fruit bowls

made to order.

SweetGreen (Santa Monica, CA) has a

delcious assortment of nutritious,

organic, hearty salads in a transparent,

accessible venue. SweetGreen employees

are very helpful and patient while

assisting customers make the perfect

salad.

A special education teacher partnered with an experienced brewer to train and hire

unemployed adults with developmental disabilities to

brew beer.

BEER = CAREERS

WWW.BREWABILITYLAB.COM

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Ability Anyware's List of Noteworthy, Disability

Related Books, Poems & Performances

Click on titles for descriptions from other sources & links to websites.

Books

1. Traveling Blind by Susan Krieger

2. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers by Lindsey Lawson

Know the Night:A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours by Maria Mutch

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly:: A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby

In Search of Freedom:How Persons with Disabilities Have Been Disenfranchised from

the Mainstream of American Society by Willie V. Bryan, EdD, and Charles C. Thomas

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Films

TheatreSpring Awakening on Broadway Deaf West Theatre

1. The World's Worst Place to be Disabled? Presented by Sophie Morgan

My Brother Directed by Anthony Lover*

My Left Foot Directed by Jim Sheridan

What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Directed by Lasse Hallström

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Voice Activated Applications for Individuals

Who Cannot Read or Use Touch Screen

1. Window's Cortana

2. "OK Google"

3. Apple Siri

For information on Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines,

please go to:

http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-

standards/background/adaag

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( Most films listed are for general audience. Films with * require parental screening)

Music Video Renegades by X Ambassadors

Educational Video American Sign Language -ASL

Lesson 101

Ability Anyware Holiday Gift Guide

Ability Anyware Greeting Cards by Sharon, Deaf Artist

10 greeting cards with envelopes on recycled paper for $20

Pick boxes with 1 art design or a box of assorted designs (see images/styles above & below).

Limited supply available for holiday season, order early.

More Gift Ideas on Next Page...

3E L<3ve Hoodie$29

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Holiday Gifts

Seamingly Perfect Hand-Made Baby Booties & Hat Set

SweetGreen Gift Card DC, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, New York

City, and other locations on the East Coast.

Tickets to Spring Awakening, a Deaf West Theatre Production

Make a donation on behalf of a loved one to a nonprofit

organization that serves individuals with disabilities this

holiday season.

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Ability Anyware Holiday Gift Guide

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What Do I See When I Look at a Tree? by the Maxwell Sisters Gift Set includes paperback book, onesie, and Sign Language Video for $60. Onesie in sizes 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 1 year), a Sharon's Darling Starling onesie also available 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 1 year.

What Do I See When I Look at a Tree? Sign Language Video Trailer

DVD

$20 Paperback in English$35 Hardcover in English$30 Paperback in Spanish, French, or Italian $10 English eBook

$25 What Do I See When I Look at a Tree? Onesie

$25 Sharon's Darling Starling Onesie

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Children's book with illustrations by Sharon/Deaf artist, thisliterary piece personifies trees, teaches about their significance in our lives, encourages appreciating similarities and variations in living things.

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