Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
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.
NTEN
DECEMBER 1, 2013
Giving Tuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating!
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JULY 3, 2023
That’s why every July in the United States, it’s important to observe Disability Pride Month! As more and more activist organizations began to gain traction, it became clear that the nation needed to adopt more comprehensive civil rights legislation to increase independence and fully integrate people with disabilities into U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
As the founder of the largest library for people who are blind or who have other significant disabilities that prevent them from reading printed texts (such as dyslexia or brain injuries), I think this is a terrible idea. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible. In June, with the help of Stevie Wonder , we got a treaty that did just that: the Treaty of Marrakesh.
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 3, 2016
Boards are the brain trusts of nonprofit organizations, responsible for providing leadership, oversight, expertise, guidance, accountability, vision, fundraising and an invaluable connection to community. percent nationally living below the poverty line) but make up only 7 percent of nonprofit board members. percent of the U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities.
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