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As of Thursday evening, October 12, the programmers at BlogLines have pushed out changes that have once again restored accessibility of the service to blind and visually impaired Internet users. In fact, these changes serve to make a portion of the service even more accessible than it had been in the past. The following modifications… Finish Reading BlogLines Freedbacking: Access to BlogLines Restored to Blind Users

The following article is a modified version of a letter I wrote to someone in response to a recent unfortunate incident involving the demands we sometimes receive from others with respect to providing assistance. Though we all wish we could, we are just not able to do everything right now, on demand in exactly the… Finish Reading The Volunteer Nature of Accessibility Advocacy and Virtually All Blind Community Participation

Check out this incredibly disturbing story of four blind and visually impaired employees who lost their jobs due in large part to the purchasing and implementation of inaccessible technology without consideration of our needs. It seems the VA Medical Center decided it might be appropriate and acceptable to simply throw away these people like yesterday’s… Finish Reading Louisville VA Medical Center Throws Away Its Blind Employees Over Inaccessible Technology!

Many of us have relied on BlogLines to read and organize our blogs and other RSS feeds. Unfortunately, recent changes to the service have rendered it virtually inaccessible to those of us who rely on screen readers to access our computing world. Despite attempts at contact by several blind and visually impaired users, BlogLines has,… Finish Reading BlogLines Freedbacking: Asking BlogLines to Restore Accessibility

The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado is pleased to announce that we will be streaming this year’s state convention on the Internet. The stream will be available on Friday the 6th of October from 11 A.M. until 1 P.M. for the initial session and the legislative lunch. It will then be available all… Finish Reading National Federation of the Blind of Colorado to Stream State Convention Live

Over the past week, I have heard from several blind people concerning recent changes made to sports related web sites, including the American Hockey League, that resulted in their becoming largely useless to blind web surfers. I decided to do some basic initial advocacy by writing a letter to Infinity Pro Sports, the designers of… Finish Reading Some Sports Web Sites Soon to Become More Accessible