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Top TDPH Stories of 2014, Thank you for sharing!
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Technology and Disability Policy Highlights (TDPH) editors produced over 190 stories in 2014, covering a wide range of disability issues.

UNICEF/GAATES Seek Participation for Assistive Technologies Questionnaire
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Assistive Technology

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) are seeking information on products most commonly used to reduce educational

Three Wireless RERC Papers Win Best of CSUN 2014
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Wireless RERC News

February 2015 – The Wireless RERC and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Universal Interface and Information Technology Access were selected among Best Papers at last year’s

Multilingual and Sign Language Disaster Training Library Offered Online
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Disaster Resistant Community Group, a Florida based organization, has expanded their organization’s “Just In Time Disaster Training” video library to feature a wide array of video training, now ava

Wireless RERC on the Record - Hearing Aid Compatibility Regulations
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Wireless RERC News, Assistive Technology, Regulatory

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC), in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), submitted comments i

FCC Extends Comment Dates for Wireless Hearing Aid Compatibility Regulations Information
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Assistive Technology, Regulatory

February 2015 – The FCC released a notice [47 CFR Part 20] correcting errors found in their December 23rd request for updated information to assess whether current hearing aid comp

Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Alerts
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Emergency Communications

We need your help to make emergency alerts and warning systems accessible to people with disabilities.  Alerts and warning messages are critical during emergencies.

The New Normal for Receiving Emergency Alerts
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Emergency Communications

November 2014 – FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) will co-host , IPAWS: The New Normal for Receiving Alert

Wireless RERC Research in IAEM Bulletin: Navigating the New Normal
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Call for Proposals: Society for Disability Studies 2015 Annual Conference
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November 2014 – The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is holding their 28th annual conference in Atlanta, June 10-13, 2015.  The event’s program committee encourages proposal submissi

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