Our hospitals here, much like the hospitals everywhere, need supplies and the money to buy them. If you can help out, please do. The COVID-19 outbreak is placing unprecedented pressure on our hospitals. The support of our community will help to tackle the growing demands. To help our Waterloo Region Hospitals prepare, a joint fund …
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Take The Eighth WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
Update: The survey has been closed for some time now, but here are the results. If screen reading technology is something that you use and is important to you, you know what to do. The following survey is a follow-up to previous WebAIM Screen Reader User Surveys conducted December 2008, September 2009, December 2010, May …
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Accessible Air Travel Survey
The timing on this one seems pretty good what with it being summer vacation season. I’m literally decades beyond the time limit for participating myself, but I imagine some of you might have a lot to say. SHARE YOUR ACCESSIBLE (OR NOT) AIR TRAVEL STORIES A large North American airline is currently seeking input from …
Two Good Things About The Jays So Far
I didn’t win the Blue Jays charity 50/50 draw today, but I still feel like a winner. I haven’t been to any of the games this weekend, but I was able to enter the draw because they’ve started selling tickets online. I love buying in when I’m there (no, I’ve never won), so this is …
Carin Is Presenting At CSUN!
She ran out of time to mention it herself or maybe she’s just shy, so I’ll do it. As I type, Carin is on her way to the CSUN conference. Her work sends her most years, which is pretty cool. “Carin, please let us fly you to better weather and pay you to hang out …
Jerry Howarth Is Coming To Kitchener To Sign Books And Talk About Baseball
I’m plugging this event for two reasons: It sounds like a fun night and I think I may want to go. Because whoever is in charge of making these decisions needs to know of my desire for an audio version of this book. One read by Jerry, provided his voice can handle it. Join us …
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Help Our Friend Barb Win This Year’s Holman Prize
Our friend Barb MacDougall is a very talented musician, and she wants to share her love of music and the benefits of it with as many people as she can. So to help herself reach that goal, she has submitted an application for this year’s Holman Prize. What is that? It’s this. In 2017, LightHouse …
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Can You Help My Friend Make Her House More Accessible For Her Kids?
I don’t think I ever wrote about Katie, someone I went to university with. It’s a shame. I guess most of the time I would have had occasion to write about her, there wasn’t a blog, or I wasn’t writing for it. But now she is needing a little help raising some money to install …
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NVDA Future Improvements Survey
I use NVDA every day and while there are issues here and there using it with some specific programs, I don’t have a lot to add to this survey. But if you do, have at it. It doesn’t look like it should take very long to fill out, especially if you know how Github works …
Make A Password, Help A Charity
This just landed in my inbox. Hey Steve, We’ve recently built a Secure Password Generator Tool which promotes cyber security and the benefits of having a secure password. So we can really make a difference, for each use of the tool, we are donating 1 cent to charitable causes (EFF and One Laptop Per Child). Is …