Webinars: preventing falls due to vision lost, Pre-employment services for pre-teens

Access Academy (APH) is presenting many webinars this fall
https://www.aph.org/educational-resources/training/access-academy/
Here are just two that I culled

September 14, 2021, 2:30 – 4:00 PM EST
September is Fall Prevention Month: What Can You Do to Prevent Falls?
Join us to discuss concerns you or a loved one may have about falls and linkages between vision loss, fear of falling, decreased muscle strength and balance, and social isolation. Presenters will provide an overview of fall prevention programs with detail about the Matter of Balance program, including its adaptation for people with low vision.
Register Here
https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KWHyjsOzS-ubWiPPgu87qw

September 15, 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
An Overview of the WIOA legislation and Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS).
In this session, we will define who qualifies for Pre-ETS and explore the 5 Required Services and Coordination Services. Participants will learn how WIOA and IDEA can complement each other to provide a robust set of transition services to students with disabilities. Resources to support Pre-ETS will be shared during the session.
Register Here
https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6rTKhc9mQr-8X2oSNaZfcg

Meeting of the Mass Commission for the Blind Advisory Board

Kes: This is the monthly public meeting of the MCB Statutory Advisory Board, taking place on Zoom. If you want to know what the MCB is doing, or if you have a comment or issue you would like to be heard, please consider attending.

MCB Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting - Virtual
Friday, September 10, 2021
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Zoom information is here
https://www.mass.gov/event/mcb-statutory-advisory-board-sab-meeting-virtual-2021-09-10t120000-0400-2021-09-10t140000-0400

Links: Braille Institute offers free courses, App for making comics accessible, more

From the Carroll Connector newsletter

Kes: The Braille Institute courses typically take place over Microsoft Teams, and using braille is not involved, so anyone can take these courses.
1. Braille Institute Announces More Than 200 Free Courses for Fall Semester (Desert Sun)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2021/09/03/braille-institute-announces-more-than-200-free-courses-fall/5690365001/?bblinkid=253728718&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940

2. Making Your Website ADA Compliant Webinar Recording
Taking measures to ensure your business’ website is accessible can help your organization retain and gain consumers, meet ADA and other compliance mandates while also doing good. During our recent “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” webinar, Bruce Howell, accessibility services manager for The Carroll Center for the Blind, provided an overview on accessibility, an outline of regulations, as well as guidelines and technologies with clear action steps your organization can take to optimize web accessibility. If you missed the exciting webinar, don’t worry!
View the recording of “Making Your Website ADA Compliant” here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FnZmwHtVQo

3. Boom, bang, pop: WSU app developers get $100K to help visually impaired read comics - Wichita Business Journal
https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2021/08/26/wsu-vizling-app-visually-impaired-comics-graphics.html?bblinkid=253728613&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940

4. Behind the Bow with a Visually Impaired Archer (Fox Illinois)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/behind-the-bow-with-a-visually-impaired-archer?bblinkid=253728673&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940

5. How Vision Loss Can Affect the Brain (The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/well/live/vision-loss-brain-health.html?bblinkid=253728704&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940

6. Join us at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) Virtual Job Fair
on Friday, October 1 at 9:00 A.M. EST which will be held via Zoom.
Meet with employers who are committed to interviewing and hiring qualified individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

If you would like to request an ADA accommodation, please contact MCB ADA Coordinator Kamilia Drogosz at 617-279-3332 or kamilia.drogosz@mass.gov.
Kes: The registration form has a field to upload your resume.
Register for the MCB Virtual Job Fair here.
https://massgov.formstack.com/forms/mcb_job_fair_for_individuals_with_visual_impairment?bblinkid=253728185&bbemailid=33532450&bbejrid=2073405940

Perkins Library hosts online Easy Yoga classes

Join the Perkins Library for “Easy Yoga”!

Easy Yoga is Coming back and it’s never been easier to get moving and improving your mind and body through our gentle yoga exercises!
Come join us and learn how to do Yoga and make some new friends!
September is a perfect time to try something new or to get back into a routine for your health and wellbeing after a long and hot Summer!
Our first session will be on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM.

Our yoga instructor will be Leslie Spoon.

Leslie Spoone lives in Orlando, Florida. She is a AFAA certified Aerobics Instructor and Personal Trainer. She owned her own Women’s gym (Git Fit) for five years, and has taught classes at many National Fitness centers. Leslie has been doing remote yoga classes for the American Council of the Blind (ACB) Community Events since March 2020, and in-person sessions for blind and visually impaired individuals for many years.

She will start at the beginning for new folks, and bring you up to speed over the next two sessions. Leslie describes all moves, and coaches you through understanding the various positions and their names.
Join the group for some easy, and meaningful fitness. It’s a lot of fun!
This session is for all ages and stages of fitness.
Registration is required.
Please call the Tele-Fun Info line at
617-972-7272 and follow the prompts to reserve your spot.

Date: Friday, September 17, 2021.

Time: 11:00 AM.

Location: Perkins library Tele-Fun Zoom room.

To join the program:

By Telephone:
Call 1-646-558-8656.
Enter Meeting ID: 617 972 7240 followed by the pound sign twice.

By One tap mobile
+13017158592,,6179727240# US (Germantown)
+13126266799,,6179727240# US (Chicago)

By computer or tablet:
https://zoom.us/j/6179727240

To leave your feedback, listen to the schedule, or listen to the telephone access information
Call the Tele-Fun Info line at 617-972-7272 and follow the prompts.

For more information about our Tele-Fun programs, call Gina Russo at 617-972-7683.
Or, send an Email to gina.russo@perkins.org.

Businesses catch on to accessibility, Disability and STEM conference, more

The following links are culled from the Top Tech Tidbits weekly newsletter: view the entire newsletter or subscribe at
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/

1. Availability Of Healthcare Information To Blind And Visually Impaired Healthcare Users During The COVID Pandemic
Close Date: September 30th 2021
Dear Listers, this is Sushil Oswal from the University of Washington. I am the principal investigator on a survey about the availability of healthcare information to blind and low-vision consumers during the past 18 months. This is an important survey for our blindness community because it will give us an opportunity to express our experiences of finding healthcare information during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please give us as much of your personal experiences as you can so that our study could create a comprehensive picture of the healthcare information barriers blind people face particularly under pandemic conditions. We will do a small draw of ten $25 gift cards for this survey. Besides publishing in academic journals, we will be producing a report on the basis of this healthcare information survey which will be shared with as many local and state-level health departments as possible. This report will also be available to blindness community at large. To complete the survey, please click the link below. If you have any questions about the survey, or you have difficulty completing the survey, please email me at oswal@u.washington.edu ✉. Our human subjects approval includes a permission to conduct this survey over the phone if necessary. So, do not hesitate to email me privately if you face computer issues while completing this survey. My co-investigator and I will maintain your privacy in all possible circumstances:
https://uwt.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d4FBAWsGQwBwtOC

2. Make Accessibility Part Of Your Startup's Products And Culture From Day One
A Forrester survey found that 8 in 10 companies have taken their first steps toward working on digital accessibility. What's driving this change besides the increased digital interactions? Fortune 500 companies are finally starting to realize that people with disabilities make up 1 billion of the world's market. That population and their families control more than $13 trillion in disposable income, according to Return on Disability's "The Global Economics of Disability:"
https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/03/make-accessibility-part-of-your-startups-products-and-culture-from-day-one/

3. Eyes on Success 2137 Sharing Experiences with Cochlear Implants
September 8th 2021
Blind individuals rely heavily on their ability to hear in order to compensate for their lack of sight. But what happens when a blind person loses their hearing?
https://www.eyesonsuccess.net/show%20notes/show%20notes%202137.htm

4. In-Process for September 3rd 2021
We're continuing to get closer to the release of NVDA 2021.2, so let's dive into that first this week
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3rd-september-2021/

5. Accessing and Customizing Windows 10 Settings With Assistive Technology

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