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		<title>Cashing In With oDesk, Even Without Vision</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2012/08/16/cashing-in-with-odesk-even-without-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Keenan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no doubt that in most respects, the Internet is the ultimate equalizer for the blind. It opened a new world to me when I first logged on in 1993. While it was a great source of info and an easy method by which I could shop for music CDs, I didn’t use the Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Needs to Mellow over Accessible Yellow Cabs</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2012/01/05/nyc-needs-to-mellow-over-accessible-yellow-cabs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are 13,000 taxis plying their trade each day in New York City, yet people with disabilities have no &#8220;meaningful access&#8221; to them: Only around 230 cabs, or 2%, are accessible to people using wheelchairs. So when a U.S. judge ruled in December that the city would need to come up with a way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the Deaf, Captioned Tours Wherever You Roam</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/08/25/for-the-deaf-captioned-tours-wherever-you-roam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picture this: You fly off to Rome, head to the Coliseum and, using your iPhone, play a video that guides you around the ancient arena where gladiators and lions once roamed. Later, walk across Piazza del Colosseo to the Roman Forum and view a video tour of the sprawling Forum ruins, taking in what was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share Your Smartphone Strife with the FCC</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/10/06/share-your-smartphone-strife-with-the-fcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the market for an accessible smartphone. I&#8217;m blind, and have been a shopper in this marketplace for a number of years now. Still, as a Verizon customer I find the experience endlessly frustrating. It’s not for lack of trying. After subscribing to several e-mail discussion lists, talking to friends and trying out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>…And Access for All</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/04/28/%e2%80%a6and-access-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He gets it, I said aloud to no one in particular. I listened to the robotic-sounding voice on my screen reader that was turning the words I was reading into comprehensible spoken text.

I was talking about Samuel R. Bagenstos, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights division, who had just told the House Judiciary panel that access to new technologies for people with disabilities is “not simply a technical matter, but a fundamental issue of civil rights." All I have to say is Hallelujah!]]></description>
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		<title>California&#8217;s No-Proof-Needed Disability Law</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/19/californias-no-proof-needed-disability-law/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/19/californias-no-proof-needed-disability-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The motto of Del Taco&#8217;s restaurant is &#8220;Go Bold or Go Home.&#8221; Kenneth Munson chose the first option. He sued the taco chain in 2005 after he was unable to get his wheelchair into their “narrow” restroom entrance. As a result, he had to go across the street to another business to use the facilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An iPhone the Blind Can Get Behind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/08/an-iphone-the-blind-can-get-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple introduces its screen reader for the iPhone, and other accessibility innovations for people with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Won&#8217;t Support Treaty for World&#8217;s Blind Readers</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/02/us-wont-support-treaty-for-worlds-blind-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/02/us-wont-support-treaty-for-worlds-blind-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and other governments have opposed a proposal to books more accessible to more blind and visually impaired people by extending an American copyright exemption to the rest of the world.]]></description>
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		<title>A Disability Evangelist for the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/05/11/a-disability-evangelist-for-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/05/11/a-disability-evangelist-for-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to call Lori Golden one of the most passionate disability advocates in Corporate America. At Ernst &#38; Young, she helps embed a culture of disability inclusiveness among the accounting firm&#8217;s 38,000 employees in the Americas region, starting with AccessAbilities, the employee network she heads up. She also guides clients and other corporations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a Mission to Give the Disabled the Moon</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/30/on-a-mission-to-give-the-disabled-the-moon/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/30/on-a-mission-to-give-the-disabled-the-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocket scientist. Assistive technology pioneer. Entrepreneur-turned-social-activist. It’s nearly impossible to sum up the influence that Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman has bequeathed to the disability field. And he’s far from done yet. Years after developing one of the first reading machines for the blind, he established Bookshare, the online library for people with print disabilities. These [...]]]></description>
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