http://www.ibm.com/able/index.html By enabling human capability through innovation, the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center strives to help all people maximize their potential, regardless of age or ability. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST en-us http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/deaflympics.html IBM researchers at IBM made improvements to IBM Easy Web Browsing to try and help people with dyslexia and learning disabilities use the Internet more effectively. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/deaflympics.html IBM and the Chinese Deaf Association teamed up in 2008 to deliver a smarter communication solution in time for the September games at the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/accessorusable.html A product may be accessible – meeting all the criteria and requirements in all the accessibility standards and guidelines – but, people with disabilities may still not be able to use it. More to the point, they may not be able to use that accessible item to be competitively productive with non-disabled people. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 7:55:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/adaanniversary.html On the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) President Obama proclaimed July 26 the official anniversary of the ADA, and announced that the United States would become an official signatory to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:55:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/G3ICTtoolkit.html The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communications Technologies (G3ict) unwrapped a first-of-a-kind toolkit that addresses the needs of policymakers and regulators across a broad range of government agencies and ministries in countries that are implementing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 3:25:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/ieee2009.html First-of-a-kind conference developed to identify the next generation of accessibility challenges—challenges arising from the increasingly pervasive use of technologies such as 3-D Web, online collaboration, shared medical records, and advanced systems for transportation and communication. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 3:25:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/sethbravin_award.html IBMer Seth Bravin wins Employee of the Year Award from Careers & the disABLED magazine. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 3:25:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/symphony.html Learn how to create accessible documents with IBM Symphony. Thu, 21 May 2009 3:25:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/incorporating_accessibility.html IBM can help your company make it happen. Tue, 30 April 2009 2:11:00 EST http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/IBM-Accessibility/66976090302?ref=ts Tue, 30 April 2009 2:11:00 EST http://twitter.com/IBMAccess Tue, 30 April 2009 2:11:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/events/index.html A global collaborative exploration for accessibility in the next decade. Tue, 14 April 2009 12:18:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/wcag20.html IBM interviews Judy Brewer from W3C about the new WCAG 2.0 guidelines and the challenges her group faced in developing the new principles. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:18:00 EST http://www-03.ibm.com/able/events/csun2009.html More information about IBM accessibility solutions and IBM presentations. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:18:00 EST http://www.diversityinc.com/public/5416.cfm Reflecting dramatically increased attention to diversity management among progressive companies, 401 applications were received, up 14 percent from last year. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:18:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/virualworldsui.html IBM has created a new prototype called The Virtual Worlds User Interface for the Blind that gives blind users the ability to participate in many virtual world activities. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:26:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/hunter_digitalchalk.html To provide a higher level of accessibility for Web-based continuing education courses offered in DigitalChalk, IBM Research collaborated with Hunter College and DigitalChalk to add speech-to-text captioning capability for deaf or hard-of-hearing students. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:26:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/serious_games.html Human potential comes packaged in a variety of abilities and disabilities. Enhancing it has become more of a business imperative than ever before, and immersive virtual learning technologies – serious games – are one way companies can play to win. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/cathy_laws.html The first law of accessibility: consider the needs of disabled people as early as possible when you are designing a product. Cathy Laws is one person who sees that this rule is followed at IBM. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/powerup_game.html PowerUp, developed by IBM in conjunction with TryScience is an Internet game accessible to players with disabilities. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/desbiens.html Profile of a dedicated IBM professional who early on understood the importance of diversity and accessibility. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/small_displays.html AFB TECH Director Mark Uslan talks about how how an existing mathematical model for large digital displays might apply to measuring small-display quality, making them accessible to the nearly 21 million Americans who suffer from vision loss. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/afb_keller_award.html IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research John E. Kelly accepted the AFB’s 2008 Helen Keller Achievement Award in Accessibility on behalf of IBM. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:34:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/elearning.html Accessibility in e-learning is an emerging awareness. Tue, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/jenkins.html IBM's Phill Jenkins recently was appointed to serve a four-year term on the U.S. Access Board. Tue, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/accessible_tools.html An article on how accessibility tools are often inaccessible, and example of a fully accessible and functional accessibility-enablement utility - Accessibility Probe that was built using the Eclipse Accessibility Tools Framework. Tue, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/computerworld_award.html At a gala event in Washington D.C., TD Bank Financial Group was selected as a ComputerWorld Honors Award laureate and finalist for accessible IT. Tue, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:00 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/webmashup.html For all of their promise, mashups introduce a number of accessibility and usability problems stemming from inaccessible services, inconsistent keyboard navigation and other issues. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:02:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/odep.html Accessible technology isn't just for employees with disabilities anymore. It's for companies with enhanced productivity on their minds. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:02:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/weaver.html When you're all about standards, there's a tendency to set your own pretty high. At least that's the way it worked out for IBM's Andi Snow-Weaver. And apparently that's how Sun Microsystems saw it, too, when it awarded her one of its very first Innovation in Government Technology Awards. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:02:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/g3ict_forum08.html Worldwide demographic shifts and changes in society's definition of disability are expanding the number of groups who can benefit from accessible information and communication technologies (ICT), fueling a trend toward universal accessibility design that's reflected in the language of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:55:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/hanson.html Accessibility research manager Vicki Hanson says her SIGCHI 2008 Social Impact Award came out of the Blue, and she's right on two counts. It was a complete surprise to her, and it evolved, at least in part, out of her extensive work with IBM. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:49:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/virtual.html Up to this point, three-dimensional Internet soap operas like Second Life have fulfilled more fictional aspirations than fiduciary responsibilities, but that's going to change - and fairly quickly. And when it does, where will that leave roughly 750 million people around the world whose very real disabilities prevent them from participating? Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:49:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/atia08.html Technology isn't just about access anymore. It's about creativity, productivity, mobility and independence. It's about putting people in the driver's seat of work and life. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/leopard.html Whoever said a leopard can't change its spots, clearly never met the team of executives, account managers, art directors, designers, production specialists, writers and editors at Leopard, a business-to-business marketing agency in Broomfield, CO. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/resources/raven.html The introduction of the IBM Rule-based Accessibility Validation Environment (RAVEn), an Eclipse-based tool for inspecting and validating Java rich-client and Web-based GUI-oriented applications for accessibility. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/selfservkiosk.html The IBM approach: Make air travel easier with accessible self-service travel kiosks Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/resources/dojo.html Dojo: an accessible JavaScript toolkit Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/news/employerofchoice.html How accessibility can help you attract, recruit, and retain maturing workers. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:59:27 EST http://www.ibm.com/able/index.html IBM can deliver solutions that address end-to-end accessibility requirements facing organizations today. 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