Disability News

Google Moves YouTube Auto-Caption Into Mainstream
Google Moves YouTube Auto-Caption Into Mainstream
Google reported moving its automatic speech-recognition and closed-captioning technology out of beta Thursday, making it available...
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From a Clearwater garage, signing Santa takes wishes from the deaf
From a Clearwater garage, signing Santa takes wishes from the deaf
Santa's videophone rang Thursday night. An elf answered. A boy in blue pajamas appeared, calling from Wisconsin. He stared into the camera...
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Disabled job seekers must consider presentation
Disabled job seekers must consider presentation
Pat Leahy's résumé is sprinkled with relevant skills and achievements. Although he doesn't note his blindness since birth, he often wonders when to disclose it to potential employers. Should he tell them before the in-person interview or simply walk in...
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YouTube videos will soon get captions
YouTube videos will soon get captions
Soon you’ll be able to understand thousands of Internet videos even if the sound is turned down. With an assist from Boston public TV...
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New York Governor Paterson
Paterson suggests hatred against the blind growing
Citing ridicule of his blindness by actors and newspapers, Gov. David A. Paterson suggested Saturday there was a growing hatred for the visually impaired based on falsehoods. He said taxpayers wrongly blame the blind...
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President Obama
President Obama Announces New Initiatives During National Disability Employment Awareness Month
President Obama today announced that his Administration is taking several steps to ensure that there is fair and equal access to employment for all Americans, particularly the 54 million people in this country living...
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Helen Keller
Helen Keller statue to be unveiled at Capitol; first of person with disability
It was a moment vividly depicted in the movie about her life: 7-year-old Helen Keller, holding one hand under a water pump as her teacher spelled "W-A-T-E-R" into her other hand. In that moment...
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Program Helps Autistic Adults Find Jobs
Program Helps Autistic Adults Find Jobs
Every other Tuesday, you'll find this group at St. Michael's Harbour in Hermitage. What brings them together is autism. They all have it and say their disability...
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Angela Peacock
U.S. seeing more female homeless veterans
While pulling security detail for an Army convoy stuck in gridlocked traffic, Peacock's vehicle came alongside a van full of Iraqi men who "began shouting that they were going to kill us...
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Michael Medina
The Joy Of Work: A Disabled Man's Quest For A Job
It's a tough time for anyone to find a job. And for adults with developmental disabilities — like autism and Down syndrome — it's even tougher. Advocacy groups estimate that two-thirds...
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