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Denied Social Security Disability Benefits? 5 Things to Do Next

by Steve Baik So, you went through the long process of applying for Social Security disability benefits, and it didn’t work out? You’re not the only one who’s gone through this. In fact, more than 2/3 of all Social Security disability applications get...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 2:30 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Aging, Tutorials, Banking, Blindness resources, Disability resources, Family life, Social services, Social security

Top 25 Websites for Gamers Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

7-128 Software has just published the winners of their Top 25 Web Sites for Gamers who are Blind - 2011 competition. They surveyed over 100 Web sites relevant to the blind gaming community. Each entry notes what FREE and commercial games are offered,...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 5:13 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessible media, Accessibility, Computer games, Audio, Computer software, Windows

Send Letters Online with PostalShout

Use your favorite word processing program to send postal mail directly from your office desktop. Send letters as easily and reliably as email. Simply write your letters in Microsoft Word® or OpenOffice Writer, then email them as attachments to have them...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 12:50 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Writing, Services, Mail, Email, Time management

Accessible All the Way

by Donna J. Jodhan For the past few years, I have been witness to several technological evolutions when it comes to the development of accessible devices for blind and vision impaired persons. This includes such things as mobile devices, some hand held...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 3:59 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Advocacy, Accessibility, Electronics, Technology, Assistive technology

A Need to Remember the Buttons

by Donna J. Jodhan So many times I, as a blind person am challenged to remember the position of buttons and keys. That is, I need to pay particular attention to where each button and key is. Thank God, telephone keypads are all the same but when it comes...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 7:07 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Electronics, Newly blind, Personal stories

Archery for the Blind

Blind Archery is the most recent sport to have official status within the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and is now under consideration for full Paralympic status. It is accepted that there will only be two divisions to start with, male...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 12:52 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Sports, Blindness organizations, Recreation

Blind photographer can 'hear' a good photograph

River Alandra has been completely blind most of her life but refuses to let it stop her from pursuing her hobby. Her sense of hearing is so acute she can ‘see’ wildlife by listening to the sound of a swan moving through water or a bird flapping...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 5:16 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Art, Personal stories

Comparing Notetakers and Mainstream Alternatives

Presentation from the 2011 CSUN Technology Conference . Presenters: Anne Taylor , the Director of Access Technology at the National Federation for the Blind and Michael Barber , Michael Barber, President National Federation of the Blind of Iowa Comparison...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 5:00 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Speech products, Electronics, Assistive devices, Assistive technology, Computer software, Blindness resources, Macintosh, Computers, Shopping, Note-taking

Word 2010 Keyboard Commands With Jaws 12.0, Window-Eyes 7.2, and System Access

At last! National Braille Press has the most common keyboard commands for the very latest – and reportedly quite confounding - version of Microsoft Word, in one handy volume. These commands work with Word whether you are using a screen reader or not,...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 2:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Employment, Teaching aids, Braille books, Ebooks, Tutorials, Accessibility, Writing, Computer software, Students, Windows

Blind entrepreneur builds business for the blind

An 18 year old was born blind but she has her sights set on a bright future. Bronwen Tagoe never developed eyeballs but she didn't let that hold her back. Instead she grew into a pianist, artist and an entrepreneur. She helped her mother, Deb, start...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 3:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Blindness resources, Blindness organizations, Clothes, Shopping, Personal stories

Tactile Food Pyramid: Primary and Secondary

APH's Tactile Food Pyramid helps you make healthier choices. Primary Tactile Food Pyramid Teaches primary grade children to make smart choices for an 1,800 calorie diet. Includes USDA's colorful 24 x 36 inch classroom poster, MyPyramid for Kids...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 4:52 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, APH products, Low vision, Tactile aids, Health and beauty, Kitchen hints, Eating

Early Braille Trade Books Wright Group—TWiG Books Kit 2, Upper Emergent

Finding the right book for young students is now easier! Young readers will be inspired by these emergent-level nonfiction books about the natural world and everyday life. These books are easily integrated across the curriculum especially in science and...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 4:35 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Low vision, Braille books, Reading, Parents, Books, Children's publications

The Tools of New York Point

This wood and nickel-plated brass desk slate was set up to write in the New York Point system. Our APH museum has a lot of braille-writing tools. We have the first successful mechanical braille writer, invented in Illinois in 1892. We have handwriting...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 4:11 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Braille, Writing, Recipes, History, APH museum, APH spotlight, Personal stories

MOLinsight: A Web Portal for the Processing of Molecular Structures by Blind Students

The MOLinsight web portal is a gateway to open-source software as well as software freely accessible to students that can be integrated in strategies for blind users to process chemical structures. Here you can find documentation for available programs...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 1:03 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Accessibility, Mathematics, Computer software, Students, Free stuff

WII Game for the Blind

At the end of 2008 the collaboration partners - MAD multimedia, Principal Blue, TNO and Royal Dutch Visio – had decided to give the concept of Serious Gaming a new dimension. Within two years and with a subsidy from Innovative Action Programme in Groningen...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 1:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Computer games, Interaction, Children's publications, Recreation

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