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Blindness Charities And Money, Part 1: The Aggregation

January 16, 2019 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Introduction Last April, I published a piece here called, "A Long Time Between Articles" that briefly discussed a lot of topics. Under the heading, "Where Does All Of The Money Go?" I wrote that I suspected that many if not most large non-profit organizations who claim to serve the population of people with vision impairment… Read more about Blindness Charities And Money, Part 1: The Aggregation

Filed Under: Personal Essay

Anarchy, Leadership and NVDA

March 17, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 13 Comments

Introduction When I first met Richard Stallman, he described his philosophy as “information anarchism” and explained his vision for a future of free software in which individuals and corporations voluntarily donate money to support the programmers bringing them free, libre and open source technologies. Stallman’s dream has been the NVDA reality for many years now…. Read more about Anarchy, Leadership and NVDA

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Anarchism, Free Software, Freedom Scientific, Leadership, NVDA, NVDA Remote Access

The Hands That Feed

June 7, 2013 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

Why do organizations that claim to advocate for people with vision impairment choose to take action against companies that do a good job with accessibility while giving a free pass to many that do nothing for our community? Yesterday, I was talking to my friend and Serotek CEO, Mike Calvo. He enthusiastically told me about… Read more about The Hands That Feed

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Accessibility, Disability, Disney, NFB

WBH Weekly Blind News Digest – Edition 52

December 27, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside STEM education for blind kids Blind teacher works with refugees in Peru Strand Bookstore sued over web inaccessibility Woman becomes first blind foster parent in Washington The difficulties of dating while blind Australian Rules Football for the blind And, about 40 more articles about blindness and blind people from the entire English speaking… Read more about WBH Weekly Blind News Digest – Edition 52

Filed Under: News Digest Tagged With: Athletes, Business, Crime, Discrimination, Education, In Memoriam, Inaccessibility, Legal, Lifestyle, Organizations, Politics, Poverty, Safety, Sports, Technology, Transportation, Weirdness

WBH Weekly Blind News Digest – Edition 51

December 20, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

Edition 51 What's Inside Unemployment among blind is "staggeringly" high NJ Commission for Blind denies man a job after learning he was blind Upside down braille signs in Detroit transit system cause complaints Blind filmmaker debuts her first film How blind content creators do their make-up Tampa Bay Rays sign legally blind pitcher India wins… Read more about WBH Weekly Blind News Digest – Edition 51

Filed Under: News Digest Tagged With: Art, Artists, Athletes, Business, Crime, Discrimination, Education, Employment, Guide Dogs, Inaccessibility, Legal, Lifestyle, Organizations, Personal Finance, Politics, Safety, Sports, Technology, Transportation

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