Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About. How Accessible Technology Works. Touch the Future.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

According to his mom, this experience is common to children with Cerebral Palsy. They get frustrated and don’t want to read,” she says, “but access to digital books and reading technologies changed all that for Zach.” With Bookshare’s accessible ebooks and reading tools, Zach made a successful transition to college.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Their arts and culture funding goes towards artists, curators, conservators, scholars, and organizations to ensure equitable access to excellent arts and cultural experiences. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Areas served: Cleveland/Ohio.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

First Nations created its Stewarding Native Lands program to provide financial and technical assistance to support Native ecological stewardship and improve Native control of and access to ancestral lands and resources. They provide access and opportunities in education, housing, mentorship, health care, environment, and the arts.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2019

My children were fairly patient, partly as they don’t know there are families that don’t drag their children with them for work trips. As many a museum parent, I also assume I am dragging my children with me, often forgetting that they like museums. One of my children asked if we could go into the museum.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Their arts and culture funding goes towards artists, curators, conservators, scholars, and organizations to ensure equitable access to excellent arts and cultural experiences. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Areas served: Cleveland/Ohio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

I saw similar posts on Facebook brand pages of 92nd Street Y that was hosting the annual Giving Tuesday Summit and The United Way of Central Ohio that upped its organic reach, and on Twitter from Nonprofits First. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. population. Well, that's why.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

But what that really means is that nonprofits in more than 75 cities have access to free training and networking events every month! Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

We need to move the dial and increase the effectiveness of service delivery to the poor so that those in poverty can more easily access jobs, training, housing, and medical services. "In the United States … Internet access has in many ways become like a basic need. and the Lake County Council on Aging in Mentor, Ohio.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. The Village Network is a behavioral health organization helping youth and families in Ohio and West Virginia become healthy and have brighter futures.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

COSI is a hands-on science center in Columbus, Ohio. Here I am sitting with this person who is a young professional without children, someone who would never have engaged with COSI before we got involved in social media. Think about COSI and its reputation, but also our goal to be as broadly accessible as possible.

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