New Award-Winning App Helps the Visually Impaired Manage Their Wardrobe

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Two Industrial Design students from Carleton University have won an Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition award from Universities Canada. Liana Meere and Mandy Hui took top honours in the competition’s Attitudinal/Systemic barriers category for their concept Closet, a label system that enables people with visual disabilities to independently manage their clothes. Read more […]

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Candy-like Models Could Make Science More Accessible to visually Impaired Students

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A groundbreaking study by Bryan Shaw, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University, aims to use small, candy-like models to make science more accessible to the blind or visually impaired. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/candy-like-models-could-make-science-more-accessible-to-visually-impaired-students/ Related

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Smart Shoes Help the Visually Impaired

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Shoes with sensors embedded in them have been created to alert blind and visually impaired people to obstacles in their path. Read more at https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/smart-shoes-help-the-visually-impaired/

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Intel and AI Developer Create Backpack for Visually Impaired

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Jagadish K. Mahendran, an independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) developer, and his team have collaborated with Intel to help ease the mode of transport for visually impaired people. Read more athttps://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/intel-and-ai-developer-create-backpack-for-visually-impaired/ Related

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Girl From Kenora, Ontario Inspires House of Commons Petition to Promote Accessibility for Visually Impaired – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Petition calls on government to require braille or tactile symbols on consumer product warning labels Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/girl-from-kenora-ontario-inspires-house-of-commons-petition-to-promote-accessibility-for-visually-impaired/ Related

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Girl From Kenora, Ontario Inspires House of Commons Petition to Promote Accessibility for Visually Impaired – Accessibility News International

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Petition calls on government to require braille or tactile symbols on consumer product warning labels Logan Turner · CBC News · Posted: Aug 31, 2020 Samantha Atchison of Kenora, Ont. remembers the day her daughter Jo-Hannah was diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia at four months old. “I had a little bit of a break down […]

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Hong Kong’s Visually Impaired Deprived of Covid-19 Information With Half of Chinese-Language News Apps Inaccessible, NGO Finds – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Hong Kong Blind Union says 2,000 kept out of the loop over city’s infected tally, mask availability and other important updatesFive of the 10 Chinese-language media reviewed fell short in areas such as font size and screen display Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/hong-kongs-visually-impaired-deprived-of-covid-19-information-with-half-of-chinese-language-news-apps-inaccessible-ngo-finds/ Related

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Hong Kong’s Visually Impaired Deprived of Covid-19 Information With Half of Chinese-Language News Apps Inaccessible, NGO Finds – Accessibility News International

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Hong Kong Blind Union says 2,000 kept out of the loop over city’s infected tally, mask availability and other important updatesFive of the 10 Chinese-language media reviewed fell short in areas such as font size and screen display Victor TingPublished: Apr, 2020 Visually impaired people in Hong Kong are struggling to get hold of crucial […]

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