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Three Assistive Technology Podcasts To Listen To Today
by Wade Wingler In 2011, Easterseals Crossroads in Indianapolis released the first episode of Assistive Technology Update, a weekly news program and podcast focused on assistive technology news and...
View ArticleWatch: Easterseals Staff and Clients Sing ‘This Is Me’ From The Greatest Showman
We’re so proud to announce that Easterseals New Hampshire placed first in a video contest hosted by the National Home & Community Based Service Conference. When asked to submit a video, the...
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Watch: This New Program Aims to Increase Disability Inclusion and Awareness...
I am delighted to have Patty O’Machel back with us as a guest blogger. Patty is a writer, special needs advocate and mom. Her blog Parenting Outside The Lines collects and shares the stories of parents...
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Tips For Preparing Your Child To Ride the School Bus
I am pleased to have Dr. Judy Shanley here with a guest post today. Judy is the Assistant Vice President of Education & Youth Transition here at Easterseals. by Dr. Judy Shanley Travel via school...
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Employment Opportunities for Young Adults With Autism
Just got word from a program called Have Dreams that I thought you Easterseals blog readers might want to know about. Have Dreams Academy is part of Project SEARCH Collaborates for Autism at...
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Why Teaching Handwriting In Schools Is So Valuable
When I lost my sight in the 1980s, authorities set me up at a residential facility to learn how to use a white cane, read Braille, that sort of thing. All the students there were adults, and all of us...
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Accessibility Camp Chicago: What I’m Looking Forward To
Ever been to an Accessibility Camp? Me, neither. I’d never even heard of such a thing until I got an invite to attend Accessibility Camp Chicago this Saturday. One look at (okay, with the help of my...
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What Happens When User Experience Leaves Out All Users?
Before I went to Accessibility Camp Chicago Saturday, I had no idea that the two letters “UX” is tech shorthand for “user experiences.” Accessibility camp taught me a lot. Most importantly, I now know...
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How An Instagram Ad Got Me Thinking About Adaptive Fashion
As I was scrolling through Instagram on my way home from work the other day (taking the train, of course! Don’t Instagram and drive!) I came across an ad sandwiched between photos of a dripping ice...
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New York Fashion Week, a Jumpsuit and The Next Generation of Fashion
This is part two of a post on disability, adaptive fashion and making style accessible to all. You can read part one here. Join us on social media and share your thoughts! Last week was New York...
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Recognizing the Gifts and Talents of All
People with disabilities of all genders, races, socioeconomic statuses, and ethnicities have a history of making the world and our communities richer, better places. What potential do we then lose when...
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Why Disability Visibility Matters at the Voting Booth
Election officials around the country are hard at work getting voters registered and registrations updated as the Nov. 6 General Election approaches. In some states, the deadline for early and absentee...
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Need to Get to Your Polling Place? These Companies Offer Reduced Or Free Rides!
After the last post I wrote advocating that everyone with a disability make sure to get to the polls and be seen voting rather than voting absentee was published, I found myself feeling a little...
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Take This Card With You To the Polls On Election Day
Election Day is just two weeks away, and all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election this year. Additionally, 35 seats in the U.S. Senate are up for election as well. People...
View ArticleDon’t Fear Disability: A Conversation On Disability and Horror Fiction
The month of October means embracing all things spooky; ghost stories are told, haunted houses are visited, and horror movies are watched in theaters and living rooms across the country. Whether you’re...
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How Can We Make Our Communities More Accessible AND More Walkable?
There is something to be said about stepping away from one’s responsibilities – the sink piled up with dishes, the unmade bed, the unanswered emails awaiting in your inbox – and just taking a nice,...
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Review: A Play Produced By People With Disabilities Breaks Down Barriers
Anja Herrman at age nine with her dad Remember the 9-year-old who wrote a post here for Valentine’s Day years ago about how much she loves her Dad? Anja is a teenager now, and she’s back with us as a...
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Frida Kahlo, Halloween, and Adaptability
It has become something of a Halloween tradition here on the Easterseals blog to feature a post from contributor Bernhard Walke, whose daughter, Elena, dons a creative, clever and cute costume year...
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Assistive Technology Diary: How a College Student Uses AT on a Typical Day
November is Assistive Technology Awareness Month, and to remind everyone the important role assistive technology plays in the lives of people with disabilities, Northern Illinois University student...
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A Thank You Note to My Seeing Eye Dog
Dear Whitney, Remember when Mike (you know, the guy we live with) read that New York Times story out loud to the two of us earlier this month? Yes. That one. The article about Seeing Eye dogs, and how...
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