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		<title>FEATURED ARTICLE: &#8220;Social media – a barrier or tool for inclusion?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10361/featured-article-social-media-%e2%80%93-a-barrier-or-tool-for-inclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

&#8220;Social media has the potential to provide an array of new opportunities to people with disabilties. But when it comes to sites such as Twitter, more needs to be done&#8230;&#8221;
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Quoting Rachel Mulholland, writing on upstart.net.au:
Social media tools such as Twitter and Skype are transforming how we live and socialise. The March 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMPORTANT OPEN LETTER: Dear members of the American blind community &#8211; your feedback is needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch
Quoting Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian, U.S.-based disability and civil rights lawyers:
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&#8220;Dear members of the blind community:
As we approach the end of the year, we are asking for your help in making sure the settlement agreements negotiated by ACB and its affiliates are working well.  Feedback from individuals about Talking ATMs, accessible credit reports, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise words, to live by</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10485/wise-words-to-live-by/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/10485/wise-words-to-live-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries
&#8220;I want to see the companies that make these video games make them accessible so that people like myself can enjoy them too.&#8221;
—Stevie Wonder, while presenting the top honor at the 2009 Video Game Awards (which went to The Beatles: Rock Band)
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		<title>Flood your ears (and hearts) with Wonder!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10388/flood-your-ears-and-hearts-with-wonder/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/10388/flood-your-ears-and-hearts-with-wonder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch

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Stevie Wonder is a UN Messenger of Peace!
(And he's got an awesome sense of humour too)
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		<title>FIRST OF ITS KIND: a 24/7 web-based video game arcade&#8230;targeting disabled gamers!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9908/first-of-its-kind-a-247-web-based-video-game-arcade-targeting-disabled-gamers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Uncategorized

Dozens upon dozens of fun (and utterly addictive!) browser games—sorted by what devices are needed to play.
Categories include:

Mouse only
Keyboard only
Mouse and keyboard
One-switch
And More

Do you have a favorite browser-based flash game that you think deserves to be in AbleGamers&#8217; arcade? Have you created your own title that you would like to see hosted on AbleGamers? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARK YOUR CALENDARS: December 3rd, 2009</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10111/mark-your-calendars-december-3rd-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Good news!!!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10060/good-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Deaf Jam

On November 19th, software engineer/mastermind Ken Harrenstien took to the official Google blog to announce some VERY exciting news:

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Quoting The Official Google Blog:
Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we&#8217;ve introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-Mobile&#8217;s new Sidekick LX 2009 is &#8220;loaded&#8221; with deaf-friendly features</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/10055/t-mobiles-new-sidekick-lx-2009-is-loaded-with-deaf-friendly-features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Deaf Jam

T-Mobile has added new features to its latest Sidekick, the Sidekick LX 2009 which is attracting attention from consumers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The new features build on Sidekick’s reputation of meeting and exceeding the needs of deaf consumers in providing a deaf-friendly product. Among the notable deaf-friendly features mentioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jennifer Wilding knocks one out of the park&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9919/jennifer-wilding-knocks-one-out-of-the-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wheelchairman of the Board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Here now is a truly, truly beautiful essay—titled &#8220;My wheelchair makes me invisible.&#8221;
It was written by Toronto&#8217;s Jennifer Wilding (who temporarily needs a wheelchair to get around), and originally published in the Globe and Mail and on theglobeandmail.com:

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Almost three years ago, after a series of misadventures and mishaps, I ended up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMACKDOWN: Visually impaired gamer sues Sony under the aegis of the Americans with Disabilities Act</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9790/smackdown-visually-impaired-gamer-sues-sony-under-the-aegis-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch



According to gamespot.com, it doesn&#8217;t help visually impaired people that some characters in video games &#8220;are actually invisible.&#8221;


It&#8217;s not uncommon for blind gamers to feel invisible in addition to visually impaired. For instance, when gamer Brandon Cole wrote [game developer] THQ a letter suggesting changes to make its Smackdown series of WWE [...]]]></description>
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