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Accessibility And The Business Of Open Source

January 16th, 2010

I will be doing a short presentation on accessibility during the Business of Open Source Miniconf at the linux.conf.au 2010 in Wellington. This presentation will run from 14h30 to 15h15 on Monday 18 January 2010.

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Baen Books Offers Free eBooks For People With Disabilities

January 8th, 2010

Sometimes the best ideas are somewhat let down by their implementation. This is what I think happened to me with a fantastic programme Baen Books is running: Baen Books offers free eBooks to disabled veterans and people with disabilities.

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ACC Slashing Home And Vehicle Modification Funds - Unconscionable

October 19th, 2009

Yesterday, I heard that ACC was planning to cut funding for home modifications (such as ramps, grab bar, widening doorways, etc) and vehicle modifications (like hand-controls, lifts, ramps, etc) for newly injured individuals. This is part of the wider cuts they are imposing on the system. Some of these cuts make sense (such as stopping payment when the injury is self-inflicted rather than an accident). Others are not so logical. But this particular cut has outraged me.

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People Are Asking For Universal Web Accessibility, And They Don't Know It!

September 15th, 2009

As long as it is only web accessibility advocates that clamor for greater web accessibility, it is unlikely to happen. We will have more of a chance when other people start asking for sites to work on small devices, or sites that degrade gracefully on devices unable to handle technologies such as AJAX, or Javascript, etc.

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And They Wonder Why People With Disabilities Feel Oppressed?

August 28th, 2009

I was told yesterday that the State of Illinois has cut funding for an important programme for people with disabilities. This programme is known as the "PA Program", or "Home Services Program". This news devastated me, and angered me. My colleagues and I worked so hard to make that programme work.

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