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Re:Wireless Newsletter - 2019/05/22

blippincott4 — Fri, 24 May 2019 17:16:14 +0000

Date of Publication:

2019 May

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 05/22/2018 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2HLb8g6

This is a PDF version of the consumer-focused Re:Wireless newsletter.

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 2019/03/15

blippincott4 — Fri, 24 May 2019 17:07:23 +0000

Date of Publication:

2019 March

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 03/15/2019 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2F7y4ol

This is a PDF version of the consumer-focused Re:Wireless newsletter.

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 12/31/2018

blippincott4 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:39:57 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 December

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 12/31/2018 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2EWMDNf

A PDF version of the Re:Wireless Newsletter for 12/31/2018

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 10/08/2018

blippincott4 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:36:29 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 October

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 10/08/2018 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2yAqBex

A PDF version of the Re:Wireless Newsletter for 10/08/2018

Technology and Disability Policy Highlights - Fall 2018 Issue: September - October

Mz22 — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:08:57 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 November

October 2018 was celebrated as National Disability Employment Awareness (NDEAM), and the contributions and achievements of people with disabilities were recognized and honored at events and in publications. The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) 2018 theme for NDEAM was “America’s Workforce: Empowering All.” In keeping with the theme the Partnership for Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT), focused on Empowering All through Accessible Technology and provided a number of resources for employer training, accessible workplace technologies ecosystem, apprenticeships, and more.

Apropos, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research’s (NIDILRR) 40^th anniversary was celebrated in October, as well. NIDILRR funds the Wireless RERC and other research, training, and demonstration projects across the nation in a number of domains (health and function, employment, and community living) to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. NIDILRR Deputy Director, Kristi Hill, discussed NIDILRR's future and the need to ensure research is “practical and applicable to people's lives.” Some technologies she envisioned as integral to an inclusive future include automation and robotics. The Wireless RERC attended NIDILRR’s celebration and provided a poster which highlighted our development projects that advance access to a dynamic, inclusive wireless ecosystem. The Wireless RERC, plus approximately six other RERCS, will remain on display at The Great Hall at the Department of Health and Human Services.

This fall also saw the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018 [H.R. 302] be codified as Public Law 115-254, with an aim to improve air travel for consumers with disabilities. To ensure the continual advancement of accessible aircraft technologies, PL 115-254 instructs that these technologies be extended to every airport or facility of an air carrier, and be inclusive of every disability type. In September, legislators addressed accessible road travel and the need for an autonomous vehicles law that contains provisions that prevent discriminatory policies and practices against people with disabilities, contending that they could stand to benefit the most from self-driving vehicles.

This fall issue is chock full of news, read on for Bias in AI, the ADA and web access, interoperable video calling, the nationwide WEA test, a variety of smart glasses, drones for wayfinding, a braille tablet, smart cities, smart prosthetics, a virtual reality life skills trainer, and more.

technology_and_disability_policy_highlights_fall_2018_september-october.docx

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 2018/08/03

blippincott4 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:15:39 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 August

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 08/03/2018 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2ONVWS3

A PDF version of the 08/03/2018 issue of Re:Wireless, the Wireless RERC's consumer newsletter

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 2018/04/05

blippincott4 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:08:24 +0000

Date of Publication:

2018 April

The file below is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 04/05/2018 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

You can also view the newsletter at this web address: https://conta.cc/2EmLGd0

A PDF version of 04/05/2018 issue of Re:Wireless, the Wireless RERC's consumer newsletter: 04/05/2018

Re:Wireless Newsletter - 2017/04/13

blippincott4 — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:43:39 +0000

Date of Publication:

2017 April

This is a PDF of the Wireless RERC's 04/13/2017 Re:Wireless Newsletter for consumers. If you have trouble accessing the file or need it in an alternate accessible format, please contact Ben Lippincott at 678-992-9309 or ben@imtc.gatech.edu.

wireless_rerc_newsletter_2017-04-05.pdf

wireless_rerc_newsletter_text_2017-04-05.pdf

Wireless RERC Policy Retrospective: Strategies to Effect Change

blippincott4 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:31:46 +0000

Date of Publication:

2017 March

Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 9:00 AM PST - Wireless RERC researcher, Salimah LaForce, presented Strategies to Effect Policy Change at the 32nd CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Through the lens of Wireless RERC policy activities, her presentation outlined how to identify and develop policy assessments or appropriate policy responses to federal rulemakings.

csun_2017_-_wireless_rerc_policy_retrospective_strategies_to_effect_policy_change.pdf

Emergency Communications and People with Disabilities

blippincott4 — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:08:35 +0000

Date of Publication:

2011 April

Helena Mitchell and Frank Lucia, WEC co-project directors, visited Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2011 for a series of meetings with FEMA (Office of Disability Integration and Coordination and IPAWS) and the FCC (Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau). They presented findings and recommendations from field trials and focus groups which examined accessible Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) alerts to wireless devices. The results were submitted to the FCC public record as Ex Parte comments in the open EAS and CMAS proceedings. Also presented were preliminary findings on the use of social media by those with access and functional needs. Marcie Roth, Director of DHS/FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, will share information with working groups addressing these topics of concern. View the materials:

12_considerations_for_accessible_emergency_communications_2011.doc

ex_parte_fcc_cover_ltr_final.doc

ex_parte_wec_filing_final.doc

fcc_wec_briefing_ex_parte.doc

survey_results-social_media_and_ec.doc