A Call to Action: The California Department of Health Care Services has proposed to cap benefits for several categories of “optional” services under Medi-Cal in the Governor’s budget proposal now before the legislature. These caps will limit the maximum annual fiscal year reimbursement that Medi-Cal will pay for such things as hearing aids, wheelchairs, IV…
Written by LaCandice McCray, CFILC’s Outreach & Training Advocate Disability Capitol Action Day (DCAD) is one of the largest cross-disability events in our country since its beginning in 2004. This year, on May 26th, 2010 the Disability Action Coalition will host its 7th annual Disability Capitol Action Day in alliance with the California In-Home Support…
Written by Luke Hsieh, Assistive Technology Advocate, Community Access Center, Riverside In the field of assistive literacy software, one cannot go very far without talking about WYNN and Openbook from Freedom Scientific. I believe they have achieved a marketing triumph, therefore WYNN and Openbook have become a staple in assistive technology labs everywhere. This article…
By Owen Camarco, AT Advocate, Resources for Independent Living, Sacramento I learned a lot of useful information during a couple sessions at the 25th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference in March. It’s related to Assistive Technology on the computer. One way Google is accommodating people with disabilities is with a new section…
Written by LaCandice McCray, CFILC On April 9-11 I attended Abilities Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center representing the AT Network along with Mazuri Colley and AT Advocates from the Los Angeles area. We distributed information about the AT Network, the AT Exchange and information about two local Independent Living Centers (CALIF and WCIL).…
I think a great many of you will agree with me when I say that voices are very important; they can give impressions of intelligence where it is not due, and give impression of stupidity where it is undeserved. When applied to the field of assistive technology, the above statement is even more salient. A…
What is the ATACP? Whether you are new to the field of AT or consider yourself a veteran there is always something new to learn in the world of assistive technology. One way that you can continue to challenge yourself is by obtaining more education about the subject. You can do this by attending trainings,…
YouTube, a popular Google-run website where you can watch and post videos, is now offering automatic captioning for videos. Universities were the earliest partners of auto-captioning (Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, MIT, Duke, Yale, Columbia, University of New South Wales), as well as a few media publications (Demand Media, PBS, National Geographic, UCTV). As a result of…
Welcome to the AT Network’s new AT Blog! The blog is designed not only to keep you updated on the latest assistive technology news from around California, it is also a forum for you to have your say and connect with others. We’ll detail the many ways you can plug in to the AT Blog,…