What About Cooking in the Dark - Part 1
Dinning in the Dark made me wonder about other things, like how it would be to cook in the dark. How can you identify the right condiments, and not end up putting salt instead of sugar in the coffee (I have seen it happen!). Or even something as basic as avoid burning yourself while taking a dish out of the oven would be harder if you could not see.
Traveling By Plane With Your Service Animal
If you have a service dog, odds are that you already know what to do when planning to fly with your dog. However, it is still good to remember a few important steps you should take in order to have a smoother trip. These steps are specially important now that there is an increasing number of people traveling with “fake” Emotional Support Animals (ESA). These people are making it more difficult for the ones with real ESA or guide dogs to fly.
Uber, Lyft And Transportation For People With Disabilities
In the past years, Uber and Lyft, which are transportation network companies, have been subject to several lawsuits across the country for failing to provide transportation for people with disabilities.
Public Transportation Partnerships Offer Flexibility To People With Disabilities
A few cities around the country are entering into partnerships to provide more flexible transportation services to people with disabilities.
Dicapta visited Educational Vision Services during their Chancellor’s Conference Day Staff Development
Last November, we had the wonderful opportunity of meeting the Educational Vision Services (EVS) team in New York, during their Chancellor’s Conference Day Staff Development.
We Will Not Go Quietly- Another Denial of Access
By our advisory group member and friend Juddy Matthews.
Today started out like any other typical work day, with an early arrival at the office, a brief informational meeting, and taking care of odds and ends.
Dicapta Receives Resources for Technology Innovation
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), has given Dicapta resources for the first stage of its project “Digital Aided Descriptions (DAD): An application to encourage learning through creativity and dialogue.”
Testing of the New App GoCC4All among the Deaf-Blind Community
Through the years, we have provided access to audiovisual media for people with sensory disabilities. We have worked closely with people who are deaf-blind and it has inspired us to find solutions for their needs.
Discovery en la Escuela Content Now Accessible
Today is a day to celebrate! We are very pleased to announce that the wonderful audiovisual content of Discovery en la Escuela is accessible starting today.