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		<title>Companies that Shine through Universal Design</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/21/companies-that-shine-through-universal-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid a new Fast Company report of American companies that “get” innovative design are a handful of manufacturers whose wares vastly improve the lives of people with disabilities. It is marvelous to see these products get their due. The collection of superbly designed goods is considered so iconic, Fast Company sketches them as ice-blue abstract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Apple and Google Beget Books for the Blind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/14/how-apple-and-google-beget-books-for-the-blind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I downloaded a new app for my iPhone. The Google eBooks app was free; it took two minutes to find it in the app store and download it onto my iPhone, and another minute to move it to the folder I labeled &#8220;Books.&#8221; Then, it took me all of another five minutes to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supermarket Tests Mobile Tech for the Blind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/09/supermarket-tests-mobile-tech-for-the-blind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a loaf of French bread and a wheel of Camembert could get a lot easier for people with disabilities. French supermarket chain Casino is testing the potential of chip-enabled smartphones that would make grocery shopping easier for people who are blind, visually impaired or have a physical disability. Casino is working with The Vision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Tech for the Blind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/09/supermarket-tests-mobile-tech-for-the-blind-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a loaf of French bread and a wheel of Camembert could get a lot easier for people with disabilities. French supermarket chain Casino is testing the potential of chip-enabled smartphones that would make grocery shopping easier for people who are blind, visually impaired or have a physical disability. Casino is working with The Vision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Debuts Braille Card</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/06/starbuck_debuts_braille_card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nod to National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, Starbucks will feature refillable Braille cards. The card features an autumn leaves theme and will have the word &#8220;Starbucks&#8221; embossed in Braille at the top. This is a fantastic way to raise awareness for the Department of Labor&#8217;s annual employment campaign, and one that [...]]]></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>The Real Paterson Dishes Blind Jokes on SNL</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/09/26/paterson-dishes-blind-jokes-on-snl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Paterson, the governor of New York who is blind, appeared on Saturday Night Live to rebut jokes about his disability and offer a few lines of his own. Huffington Post covered the story, saying Paterson appeared on set next to Fred Armisen (who plays the role of the governor), and said he has &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Adds New Audio Descriptions to Theme Parks</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/06/15/disney-adds-new-audio-descriptions-to-theme-parks/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2010/06/15/disney-adds-new-audio-descriptions-to-theme-parks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disney has announced plans to unveil audio description assistive technology for its outdoor theme parks as it currently does for more than 30 narrated indoor attractions and rides. Audio descriptions, provided via headsets, guide visually impaired guests and others who can’t fully experience the visual aspect of visiting a Disney theme park. Using assistive technology [...]]]></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>Is Braille Making a Comeback?</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/01/29/is-braille-making-a-comeback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been to plenty of Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) conferences, and this year has all the usual stuff (though gadgets are getting smaller every year!) As I walked the exhibit halls, I was haunted by the recent New York TImes Sunday Magazine article, Listening to Braille, where the author bemoans the decline of [...]]]></description>
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