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Universal accessibility in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector holds unparalleled promise and opportunity for people with disabilities never before seen in our history.
Albert J. Rizzi, 52, who is blind and runs the My Blind Spot educational and advocacy nonprofit, says many websites and mobile apps aren't coded to accommodate assistive technologies like screen readers.
Accessible Tourism makes the World a Happier Place! The City of Moreland in Victoria, Australia, and many other travel destinations, are working hard to sell their local businesses on the premise that if they make their places and their employee’s disability friendly, they will be sure to see an increase in the number of customers.
Millions of people with disabilities around the world have the desire and financial means to travel, yet many choose to stay at home. The lack of accessible hotel facilities is a major barrier for far too many potential customers, even today. One way hotels are working to remedy some barriers is the development of mobile
My Blind Spot's work with QuickBooks is reviewed in the May issue of AFB's AccessWorld Magazine. In his article entitled "An Introduction to Accessible QuickBooks by Intuit and and My Blind Spot," Aaron Preece writes: Recently, My Blind Spot, Inc., has been working closely with Intuit, the makers of the popular QuickBooks accounting software for
This article Originally appeared on the Disability.Gov website on April 14, 2014. I was returning from a business trip to Silicon Valley. The organization I founded, My Blind Spot, and the dedicated engineers at Intuit had been working together to develop accessibility features in Intuit’s widely used small business accounting software, QuickBooks for Windows. I
My Blind Spot has been spreading the word about the newly accessible, usable QuickBooks for Windows 2014, developed in a joint effort of My Blind Spot and Intuit. Read all about it in the April issue of AccessWorld, a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Albert Rizzi, CEO of My Blind Spot, participated
Today, May 9th, 2013 is the second Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day to get people talking, thinking, and learning about digital accessibility. To that end, I am excited to officially announce My Blind Spot’s partnership with Intuit, Inc. My Blind Spot has partnered with Intuit, Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) to ensure that QuickBooks, the leading Windows-based accounting software program,
(from the OPM website) OPM Issues Rule to Remove Barriers to Hiring People with Disabilities The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a final rule that will simplify how the Federal Government hires people with disabilities by removing the requirement of certification of job readiness. Currently, people with intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities and psychiatric disabilities
