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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>Starkey Hearing Foundation Seeks World Travelers</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/06/starkey-hearing-foundation-seeks-world-travelers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Starkey Hearing Foundation is looking for &#8220;ambitious and warm-hearted&#8221; young adults age 18 to 26 to participate in a volunteer program that will be turned into a 13-episode documentary centered around Starkey&#8217;s philanthropic work in third-world countries. As fans of Celebrity Apprentice know, actor and Starkey Foundation ambassador Marlee Matlin showcased the nonprofit&#8217;s flagship [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2011/08/25/for-the-deaf-captioned-tours-wherever-you-roam/#comments</comments>
		<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>A Deaf Diplomat Fights A Pound Foolish Move</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/09/16/a-deaf-diplomat-fights-a-pound-foolish-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the upper e]]&#62;recently had her promotion revoked after officials ruled that her deafness would make it too expensive to send her abroad. Jane Cordell, who was to be Britain&#8217;s new deputy ambassador to Kazakhstan, is now suing the government for discrimination, saying that it’s the only way she can get clarity on her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cautious Hooray for Captions</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/08/02/a-cautious-hooray-for-captions/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2010/08/02/a-cautious-hooray-for-captions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary celebrations last week, it’s worth noting that the U.S. House passed a bill that’s crucial to the deaf and hard of hearing population. H.R. 3101 would extend protections from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 &#8212; the law that made closed captioning on T.V. mandatory &#8212; to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Movie Captioning App To Be Shelved?</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/05/14/iphone-movie-captioning-app-to-be-shelved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I wrote here on abledbody.com about a new captioning application for the iPhone that lets deaf and hard-of-hearing moviegoers follow the dialogue of almost any movie in any movie theater in the nation. Subtitles, as this app is called, was developed by Dan Walker, who did not realize that it would greatly benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-Way Ticket to Relay Hell</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/05/06/one-way-ticket-to-relay-hell/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2010/05/06/one-way-ticket-to-relay-hell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amtrak&#8217;s website was down, and I needed to book my ticket from Stamford to Boston for the sixth annual Games for Health conference. G4H focuses on many uses for videogames and videogame technologies in health and healthcare. I&#8217;m speaking at Game Accessibility day on May 25 about games for people with physical and mental disabilities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaf Entertainers Documentary Hits All the Right Notes</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/04/14/deaf-entertainers-documentary-hits-all-the-right-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2010/04/14/deaf-entertainers-documentary-hits-all-the-right-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hilari Scarl’s See What I’m Saying is an exciting, funny, emotional and ultimately worthy addition to the rich compendium of films chronicling the deaf experience. Providing its own unique spin on the deaf film genre, the documentary explores the desire to strike it big on the stage from the perspective of a drummer, actor, comic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone App Delivers Movie Captions On the Go</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/03/26/iphone-app-delivers-movie-captions-on-the-go/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2010/03/26/iphone-app-delivers-movie-captions-on-the-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Janger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For four years, I have lived within three blocks of two major movie theaters on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, yet, as a deaf person, I have never gone to a movie in these theaters because they do not use captioning systems. Consequently, my wife and I are forced to go across town to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Smart Captioning Move</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/03/07/googles-smart-captioning-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, video and search. Frank Sinatra said it best: Try, try, try to separate them – it’s an illusion. Here’s proof of that: Speech Technology. This week, Google sealed the deal on video search capabilities for its YouTube portal, saying it would provide auto-captions for all of its uploaded videos using proprietary Google’s Speech Technology. [...]]]></description>
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