AbleRoad has officially launched! AbleRoad is a website and mobile app for finding and rating accessible places - restaurants, shops, hotels, medical practices and many other venues. It's a perfect mobile service for people with disabilities, medical conditions and their friends, family members, and caregivers. The site and mobile app are free to access, and
Lainey Feingold of the Law Office of Lainey Feingold sent an email today spreading the news that Cinemark announced that it is installing audio description equipment on a rolling basis in its theaters across the United States. Installation is already well under way, and all of Cinemark's theaters in California already offer audio description (also referred to
Facebook has launched a page that allows anyone using assistive technologies to report issues they are having with the site and its applications. Users can also make feature requests by using this page. Visit https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=169372943117927 and be as specific as possible about what you tried to do and the issue you encountered. Thanks to Pratik
From: Lauren McLarney, Government Programs Specialist, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND (link) Last Wednesday, Lauren McLarney of the NFB announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive legislation to improve blind people's access to information about their prescription medication. Read more here.
From iDownloadBlog and The Next Web, rumors are about about what could be an incredible addition to the iPad. It's possible that in less than a year Seneg will release a tool where users will be able to feel pictures and graphics on a flat screen iPad. This could lead to major improvements for blind