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Australian Dies After Court Win

Sep 21, 2009
An Australian quadriplegic, who last month won a landmark legal right to starve to death, has died. Christian Rossiter, 49, died in a nursing home in Perth, West Australia, after developing a chest infection. A former outdoor adventurer, he had won...

Youtube Introduces Automatic Captions For Deaf Viewers

Nov 20, 2009
YouTube’s parent company Google has announced on its blog that automatic captions are to begin to roll out across the site. The machine-generated captions will initially be generated in English. At first they will only be found on 13 channels. These...

An Original Way of Raising Awareness

Nov 19, 2009
A dance artist with epilepsy is to try to induce a seizure on stage – but has been urged to reconsider by a charity. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at The Bradford Playhouse, which the audience will be invited to...

BBC Casts deaf actress In Lead Role For Upcoming Thriller

Nov 18, 2009
An untried deaf actress has been handed the lead role in a primetime BBC thriller. Genevieve Barr will play deaf teenager Amelia Edwards, who witnesses a murder while staying with relatives in a new BBC1 four part series called The Silence. It is her...

Technology Failing DisAbled Net Surfers, Says Forum

Nov 18, 2009
Technology should be harnessed better to give the world’s estimated 650 million disabled people improved access to the Internet, experts said here on Tuesday. “One of the fundamental problems has been not consulting persons with disabilities when...

Third of Adults With Autism Lack Income

Nov 18, 2009
A third of the 18,000 people with autism in Wales have no job and no benefits and are forced to rely on family and friends, says a charity. The National Autistic Society Cymru said the majority wanted to work but lacked the help needed to find a...

Australian Dies After Court Win



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