Columns
Editor's Column
by Tim Benjamin
The second natural disaster
in a month hit the gulf coast in September. The devastation, as we
all know, was extraordinary. During hurricane Katrina the mainstream
media used pictures of people with disabilities and seniors but did
not focus much on their real challenges. It seemed to me that most
of the news media initially focused on the looters and on the outstanding
efforts of police, Coast Guard and other rescue units in plucking
people off roofs of flooded houses. And then began the blame game ... read
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Disability Technology
The House of the Future!
Or Today?
By Jeni Mundl and
Trish Reinke
Once upon a time in a land
far, far away, there stood a house that one could turn on the outdoor
lights with a remote control, open and lock the door with the push
of a button, open the windows with the same remote used to turn on
the TV, and move around the house on a chair hanging from a motorized
track. Wait a minute, this isn’t a fairytale–this is
real! Welcome to some of the many environmental controls that are
part of a Smart Home ... read
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