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New Ideas at TED2014

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We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs.

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Support Bookshare for Veterans

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimated earlier this year that about 3 million veterans, or 14 percent of the total veteran population, had a service-connected disability.

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Ratify Marrakesh!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

While we already serve many people with dyslexia, or returning veterans with traumatic brain injuries, these changes will be remove much of the confusion that exists in the field because of ambiguous, older language. Including illustrations as part of books to be made accessible.

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Robin Seaman, Agent of Inclusion

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People with disabilities like blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, physical limitations and returning vets with brain injuries -- anyone who cannot simply pick up a printed book and read it. You all might have heard something about Robin’s dedication to helping people with disabilities that affect reading.

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This week at TED

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I need to head off to get my brain packed with another day of cool ideas. of these presentations will end up on the web soon. And, the networking is also great (because of who the performances attract). It's a place to plant seeds for future collaborations. I'm glad Jeff Skoll kept asking me if I was going to TED: now I know why!

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I just made an educational microloan!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is what I think about when I dream about Raising the Floor with technology: finding ways to meet society's most pressing problems with the brains and resources of the tech community. Oh, and Vittana needs financial support for its operations as it scales up to viability.

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Tim O'Reilly's challenge

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The creative brains in the Valley have a lot to offer when they are motivated. He says it's not just the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. I think this is awesome. We need a movement to form that is much bigger than Gates/Omidyar/Skoll (and Benetech!).