6/20/17 Shared on blindtlk June 6, 2017 The Americans With Disabilities Act Is Under Attack in Congress May 30, 2017, 9:47am by Robyn Powell The House Judiciary Committee is currently considering imposing significant limitations to the ADA through the passage of the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017. Never in my life as […]
Category: 2017
How a “Saved by the Bell” Star Overcomes His Blindness
6/2/17 From Smart Brief on Leadership How a “Saved by the Bell” Star Overcomes His Blindness Isaac Lidsky, an entrepreneur who played Weasel on “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” graduated from Harvard at 19 and clerked at the Supreme Court — all while battling a degenerative eye disease, says circumstances don’t guide how […]
DeafBlind Individuals Now Have a Way to Use Text Relay on iOS With Braille
6/2/17 Shared from the May 2017 edition of AppleVis Unlimited DeafBlind Individuals Now Have a Way to Use Text Relay on iOS With Braille By Scott Davert May 16, 2017 On May 8, Sprint released a new update to the Sprint IP Relay app. While the description only states that there are “Miscellaneous bug fixes”, […]
Financial Assistance for Eye Care
6/2/17 Shared by Second Sense Financial Assistance for Eye Care If you are in need of financial assistance to assess or treat an eye problem, many state and national resources regularly provide aid to people with vision problems. The National Eye Institute (NEI) provides a listing of several organizations you can contact for specific issues. For eye exams […]
Martin Luther King County Labor Council Passes Resolution Against Beverage Tax
6/2/17 From Vending Market Watch Martin Luther King County Labor Council Passes Resolution Against Beverage Tax MAY 26, 2017 SOURCE: TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174 Resolution is an important step in fight against Seattle’s proposed beverage tax SEATTLE, May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Wednesday May 17, 2017, Teamsters Local 174 presented a Resolution before the […]
Congressmen Roskam And Woodall Visit A.H. Management And Flowers Foods
6/2/17 From Vending Times Congressmen Roskam And Woodall Visit A.H. Management And Flowers Foods by Emily Jed Issue Date: Vol. 57, No. 6, June 2017, Posted On: 5/26/2017 ROLLING MEADOWS, IL and SUWANNEE, GA — Rolling Meadows, IL’s A.H. Management Group Inc. and Suwannee, GA-based baked goods giant Flowers Foods recently hosted U.S. Congressmen Peter […]
Minnesota Governor Signs Bill Providing Tax Parity For Vending Operators
6/2/17 From Vending Market Watch Minnesota Governor Signs Bill Providing Tax Parity For Vending Operators JUN 1, 2017 SOURCE: NAMA (Chicago) May 31, 2017 – Tuesday night, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a budget bill that included tax parity for vending operators in the state. Members of the Minnesota Automatic Merchandising Council (MAMC) and NAMA […]
Bipartisan Bill Passes House to Revamp State’s Blind Vending Program
6/2/17 Shared by Randy Hauth, Oregon Bipartisan Bill Passes House to Revamp State’s Blind Vending Program Blind vendors and workers will get first priority for any food contracts on state and local government properties, hoping to boost employment for blind people, most of whom are left out of the workforce. By Chris Gray […]
How Micro Markets Got Me Fired
5/23/17 from Vending Market Watch MICRO MARKETS April 2017 How Micro Markets Got Me Fired By Jennifer Skidmore on APR 3, 2017 In February of this year, after 8 years of working at the family business, I was fired. I got canned, was given the boot; however you want to say it, it was deemed that […]
How To Do A Really Good Job Washing Your Hands
5/23/17 Shared by Donnie Anderson, ICBV Chairman NPR HEALTH May 10, 20172:57 PM ET How To Do A Really Good Job Washing Your Hands If, like many of us, you are reading this article on the toilet — then we’ve caught you at the perfect time. When you’re done with your business, perhaps you’ll […]