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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

Listen to us podcast, as live as podcasting can get, as we sit at the gate at the airport awaiting our flight to Denver. We’re going back to our old stomping ground, where we met back in 1995, to attend Karen’s little cousin Richie’s wedding, and visit with friends. Download and Listen

For many years now, Karen and I have been able to purchase rolls of quarters at our nearest Circle K convenience store. We primarily need quarters for doing laundry. Our ability to obtain quarters is essential, since the washers and dryers do not accept any other form of payment. Imagine my surprise this afternoon when… Finish Reading Playing the Quarters Game

The podcasting community would like Apple to clarify its intentions with respect to concerns it may be attempting to take the term “podcast” as part of its iPod trademark. Many of us believe this is inappropriate and potentially harmful to the podcasting community. iPods are certainly not required to play podcasts and iTunes is not… Finish Reading Podcast is NOT Apple’s Trademark Petition

Todd is incredibly unhappy about Apple’s apparent moves to use its iPod trademark against the podcasting community, and so am I! What is Apple really trying to do here? Do they want us all to play our “podcasts” on their iTunes software? If so, well, the blind community says “no thanks”! iTunes remains largely inaccessible.… Finish Reading Is Apple Trying to Hijack the Word Podcast?