Local Companies Attend Disability-Hiring Boot Camp
A group of Fortune 500s, along with local disability organizations, met today in Windsor, Conn., for a leadership boot camp to examine ways to employ more people with disabilities. The backdrop:...
View ArticleHimes “Examining” Web Caption Support for the Deaf
Today the National Association for the Deaf held a national virtual NAD legislative day in support of the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101). This new...
View ArticleOne-Way Ticket to Relay Hell
Amtrak’s website was down, and I needed to book my ticket from Stamford to Boston for the sixth annual Games for Health conference. G4H focuses on many uses for videogames and videogame technologies in...
View ArticleNew Xbox Is Good for Disabled Gamers, Others
Microsoft unveiled its new add-on for the Xbox 360, known as Kinect, which uses motion detection instead of hand controls to play –- similar to Nintendo’s Wii. Microsoft, which launched Kinect at E3 in...
View ArticleNew Law Will Make Cruise Ships, Ferries More Accessible
Taking a cruise may sound luxurious, but for people with disabilities it can be a logistical nightmare. From making sure a wheelchair can fit through the doors, to finding your way around a ship using...
View ArticleWhy Oprah Needs Zach Anner
Oprah Winfrey, who is starting her own network called OWN and is looking for contestants to host a new reality TV show, is at the center of a voters’ dilemma. Rumors are adrift that Winfrey’s show...
View ArticleWhy Can’t American Girl Dolls Have Disabilities, Too?
I recently stopped into American Girl Place in Chicago. My American Girl dolls are a popular, experiential concept where you choose a doll and then customize her through the purchase of clothes and...
View ArticleShop Like a Superhero
On Wednesday, May 23, you can shop on Greenwich Avenue for a great cause. The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is holding Reeve Shops Greenwich to support the Foundation’s research and quality...
View Article‘Push Girls’ Pulls You In
I’d like to forgive Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times’ T.V. writer, for his lukewarm review of Push Girls, which premiered last night on the Sundance Channel (and you can also watch it on Hulu.com,...
View ArticleHearing Aids a Nice Fit for American Girl
American Girl now sells dolls with hearing aids, well as dolls without hair, giving little girls who are differently-abled an even more personalized doll experience. Any 18-inch My American Girl doll...
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