A few months ago, I did a video for Desire2Learn about screenreaders and websites and accessibility and such. They said they wanted to use it in their promotional stuff, and would even put it on YouTube! Well, here’s the final result. I never thought I’d be on YouTube, but there I am. Update: It appears …
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Great Group, Great Announcement, Not So Great Editing
God, our poor little Great White North alumni chapter of GDB can’t win for losin’. It was founded last June and we’ve been trying to figure out a way to get the word out there that we exist. We eventually drafted up a little greeting message to send to the alumni news that is sent …
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I Didn’t Know Blindness Alone Was Grounds For CPS Taking Someone’s Kids
Jen sent me this sad bit of news the other day. But before I blogged about it, I wanted to assure myself that it was in fact a real and up to date story. If there’s anything I have learned from Snopes, it’s verify, verify, verify! Here’s the message I received, and then I’ll add …
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Raving About RAIVE
I just have to write this quick post before I get a move on. Ok, so this morning, Steve woke up to find that his computer was acting like a dork. He couldn’t figure out why. We’re pretty sure that his USB keyboard has bitten the biscuit, but we’ll only know after we buy a …
Wayfinding Basics Survey
Jen sent me this request for participation on how us blinks get around, so I figured I would put it up here so anyone who is interested could participate. It doesn’t appear to have a deadline, and I think at least everybody in North America could participate, as it says zip or postal code. The …
The Trews – Highway Of Heroes
I just heard this song on the radio for the first time and had to find out more about it. It’s the best new song to come along in a while by a pretty wide margin, and on top of that, a good deal of the money it makes is going to a good cause. …
Growing Up Guide Pup
Thank you, guide dogs blog. I just got introduced to the coolest YouTube channel ever. If Ricki makes it as a guide dog, I hope her handler is into YouTube, because they will get to watch their guide dog growing up. How awesome would that be? I would kill for a YouTube channel of the …
If You Believe, I Saw "If You Believe!"
Remember when we talked about Anton’s next play? Well, the shoe thief and I went to take it in. Steve couldn’t go with us, and it’s too bad he couldn’t make it. He would have had fun. As always, there is more to our story than just going to see the play. There is a …
My Interview
Well, on Friday I mentioned I was getting interviewed on CFRU. Here is the result. You can also go to the Royal City Rag website and click on past shows and listen via the little flash player thingy. But since it is encoded as opaque, us screenreader-users can’t click the buttons, so she was kind …
Accessibillity News: It’s Already Taught Me Something
A while ago, I learned about this cool little weekly email called Accessibility News. I finally got subscribed, and what do I see in the first issue I receive? Something I didn’t know that is definitely useful to me! I learned where folks in Canada can send their Perkins Brailler! So, I figured I’d send …
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