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Amazon improves Kindle iOS app accessibility
Amazon improved its Kindle iOS app accessibility. The updated version 3.8 of the app is to adjust line spacing, Multipage Highlights and Print Replica Textbooks notebook improvements. Amazon added accessibility improvements in latest’s update including the ability to...
Oregon testing Windows 8 Tablets for voters with disabilities
Last fall, Oregon became the first state in the nation to utilize tablet technology in elections. Now in the state’s latest technology move, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has arranged to provide Samsung Series 7 PC tablets, featuring the Windows 8 operating...
Governments of Canada and Ontario Celebrate New Affordable Housing in Dunnville
DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO- The official opening of 21 new affordable rental housing units for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities was held today in Dunnville. The project received more than $2.5 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. The...
AODA: 2013 Compliance, Happy New Year!
As of January 1, 2013 obligated organizations in Ontario have compliance requirements to meet in the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Your obligations depend on whether you...
New Lowell church gets $50,000 grant
By Sandra Bednarek Did you hear the clapping on Sunday coming from around the Building Fund Thermometer at the New Lowell United church? Well, here is the wonderful news. The congregation applied for a federal government grant through the Enabling Accessibility Fund...
Welfare reform should not take from the sick to give to the poor, advocates say
For two Toronto single women on welfare, expected reforms to social assistance in this spring’s provincial budget could prove either promising or problematic. Both the NDP and the Tories believe people on welfare should be able to earn up to $200 a month before facing...