November 1, 2022 0 Sound Notifications in Android Now Detect Custom Sounds For Deaf Users Sound Notifications, an accessibility feature in Android, was introduced in 2020 to identify sounds in and [...]
August 7, 2022 0 “What Happened To You?”: Puppet Show With Disabled Puppet Characters Comes To Toronto If you live in or near Toronto, get ready to watch a puppet show like no other! What Happened to You? is a [...]
June 7, 2022 0 An Aspie Life & An Aspie Life Beginnings Are Video Games Developed By Person With Asperger’s Syndrome And Have Characters With Disabilities Bradley Hennessey was 16 when he started developing “an Aspie Life” – a video game that centers [...]
May 23, 2022 0 Almost One Billion Children And Adults With Disabilities And Older Persons In Need Of Assistive Technology Denied Access, According To New Report A new report published last week by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or [...]
May 16, 2022 0 Snap Adds Three Assistive Devices To Bitmoji Stickers For Broader Representation Snapchat is in accessibility related news again! After introducing an augmented reality lens to teach users [...]
April 11, 2022 0 Snapchat’s New ASL Alphabet Lens Inspires Everyone To learn ASL If you are a regular snapchatter, you know how much fun all the lenses can be that come with Snapchat. These [...]
January 5, 2022 0 Oregon Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Drivers Can Now Indicate Hearing Status On License A new law in Oregon allows deaf/hard of hearing drivers to include their hearing status on their license. [...]
July 29, 2021 0 Gallaudet University Launches Guides On Apple Maps To Promote ASL Vibrancy And Equity For Deaf Community Are you familiar with Guides on Apple Maps? A feature introduced with iOS 14, Guides allow you to make a [...]
July 19, 2021 0 Canadian Singer/Songwriter Trevor Owen Releases ASL-Enhanced Videos from Debut Album And the Moon Rising Since the stirring and sterling release of his debut album, And the Moon Rising, Canadian musician Trevor [...]
May 31, 2021 0 Nonverbal Emergency Response Service Rescu Helpful For Deaf And Hard of Hearing Reaching out for help in case of emergency requires that we call 911, an option that doesn’t work for [...]