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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Volume 1066
By: Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of The PWD Media Co-Op
https://toptechtidbits.com/newsletter-05-07-2026/

♿️ The Week's News in Access Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#news #technology #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #DeafBlind #TopTechTidbits

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.

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Why I'm Donating to Save the BrailleDoodle — and Why I Hope You Will Too | Dr. Kirk Adams
https://drkirkadams.com/save-the-brailledoodle/

Here, Dr. Kirk Adams explains that he is supporting the campaign to save the BrailleDoodle because it is not merely an inspiring idea, but a practical, proven tool that helps blind and low-vision learners build braille literacy, explore tactile graphics, and engage with STEM concepts. He emphasizes that the device's value lies in its simplicity and accessibility: it is durable ...

The Innovative Impact Newsletter By Dr. Kirk Adams for Monday, April 6, 2026 - Issue 113
By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://drkirkadams.com/newsletter-04-06-2026/

💡 Practical Strategies for Workplace Inclusion and Leadership
A Dr. Kirk Adams Publication
#InclusiveLeadership #WorkplaceInclusion #DisabilityEmployment #DiversityEquityInclusion #AccessibilityMatters #AssistiveTechnology #HRBestPractices #InclusiveWorkforce #LeadershipDevelopment #FutureOfWork

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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - Issue 216
By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://ai-weekly.ai/newsletter-05-12-2026/

✨ The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence
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#AI #News #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIWeekly #TechNews #MachineLearning #DataScience #AIResearch #FutureTech

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The world's #1 resource for AI news and trends, reaching 49,000+ professionals worldwide each week.

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #87: Interview with Blake Steinecke, Product Marketer, Public Speaker, Inclusive AI, Blind Athlete | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-29-2026/

Donna sits down with Blake Steinecke — marketer, blind hockey forward, and incoming Digital Accessibility Lead at ServiceNow — on his path from a Leber's diagnosis to the 'seek to understand' ethos he lives by.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #BlindCommunity

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 30, 2026 - Volume 1065
By: Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of The PWD Media Co-Op
https://toptechtidbits.com/newsletter-04-30-2026/

♿️ The Week's News in Access Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#news #technology #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #DeafBlind #TopTechTidbits
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 27, 2025 - Volume 1008 ♿️
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/03272025/

The Week's News in Access Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#news #technology #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #deafblind #toptechtidbits

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Volume 1009 ♿️
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2025/04032025/

The Week's News in Access Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
#news #technology #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #deafblind #toptechtidbits

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology.

Subscribers: 37,310 🔢️ subscribers were sent this issue via email.

By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op

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Tomorrow at 7:30 PM ET: Rise of the Agents, the closing session of VisioTech's STIL 26 series.

Jason Caston on how coordinated multi-agent AI systems are already transforming workflows, decision-making, and operations in business — and what leaders should be asking their teams right now.

#AI #Leadership

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #86: Interview with Pam Cusick, Senior Vice President, Driving Growth, Outreach & Patient Voice Integration, Rare Patient Voice
By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-21-2026/

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #85: Interview with Kim Charlson, Global Inclusion And Accessibility Advocate For The Disability Community
By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-16-2026/

Donna and Kim trace 41 years at Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, the Marrakesh Treaty, accessible voting, tactile U.S. currency, and the technologies reshaping blind independence next.

🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Eddie Pate, IDE Practitioner, Author, Speaker, Consultant and Board Member, Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI)
By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr-kirk-adams-04-16-2026/

Eddie shares his "pebbles and ripples" philosophy of daily inclusive leadership and previews his new book, Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders: https://inclusivepebbles.com

How to Take Advantage of the Title II Extension | By Mark Miller, Inclusion Impact Accessibility | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://inclusionimpact.co/how-to-take-advantage-of-the-title-ii-extension/

The last-minute Title II extension has left many wondering what to do now. Handled correctly, this next year is a chance to get accessibility right, mitigate risk, and do it all with efficiency and cost effectiveness.

So, how are you going to take advantage of it?

#DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #ATNewswire

Driven By Purpose Podcast Episode #52: $70K in Inspiration Foundation Tech Grants Changing Lives: Jeremy Grandstaff Interview | By Isaac Shapiro of Cleanlogic and The Inspiration Foundation | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TlGeYyZA8&feature=youtu.be

Isaac Shapiro talks with Jeremy Grandstaff on how assistive tech — Apple IIe to AI-powered Meta glasses — is transforming independence and employment for the blind community.

#DrivenByPurpose #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights

🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Laura Bratton, Keynote Speaker, Author of Harnessing Courage, and Coach on Navigating Change with Grit and Gratitude | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr-kirk-adams-05-05-2026/

Bratton — speaker, author, and ordained pastor blind since age nine — joins Dr. Adams on grit and gratitude as twin resources for navigating change, the thesis of her book Harnessing Courage.

#DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

NWDLS Workshop #2: Working with Polarizing Tensions: Practicing Inclusion with Compassion and Care | May 14, 2026 | Institute for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion (ISDI)
By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://i4sdi.org/isdi-nwdls-workshop-2-05-14-2026/

Thursday, May 14 (9-11 AM PT / 12-2 PM ET) with Bernardo Ferdman, editor of 'Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion.' Reserve your seat:
https://i4sdi.org/registration-2026/

🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Cheryl Mitchell, Co-Founder and CEO, Access Forge | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr-kirk-adams-04-28-2026/

Kirk welcomes Cheryl Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of Access Forge, to discuss Belonging by Design — a faith-agnostic training course helping faith-based communities and places of worship operationalize accessibility, not treat it as a Section 508 checkbox.

#DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

The AT Retailer That Redirects You to the Competition | By Aaron Di Blasi, PR Director, AT-Newswire | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://at-newswire.com/canadian-assistive-technology/

Steve Barclay, thirty-five years in AT, founded Canadian Assistive Technology in March 2017 with Ryan Fleury and Rob Mineault. AT Banter Podcast: 458 episodes, weekly since May 2016, 5.0/5 on Apple and Spotify. CAT publicly redirects clients to competitors when the fit is better.

#DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #ATNewswire

The Quiet Backbone of a Loud Idea: An Introduction to Hubert van Niekerk and Every Canadian Counts | By Aaron Di Blasi, PR Director, AT-Newswire | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://at-newswire.com/hubert-van-niekerk-every-canadian-counts/

Aaron introduces Hubert van Niekerk of Every Canadian Counts, advocating a publicly funded National Disability Insurance Plan modeled on Australia's NDIS. ECC presents in Ottawa, June 1-5. On Hubert: "easy to overlook and difficult to dismiss."

#DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #ATNewswire

Welcome, Techopolis: Why Top Tech Tidbits' Newest Sponsor Is One of the Most Important Indie Apple Studios in Access Tech Today | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Top Tech Tidbits | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://toptechtidbits.com/top-tech-tidbits-welcomes-techopolis/

Two-person Apple-platform studio: dev Michael Doise (legally blind) + COO Taylor Arndt (born blind). Flagship Perspective Intelligence: on-device AI for iPhone, iPad, Mac. An accessibility company shipping AI.

#TopTechTidbits #AssistiveTech #BlindCommunity

OpenAI Quietly Shipped the Most Important Accessibility Architecture in a Decade. And Almost No One Noticed. | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Top Tech Tidbits | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://at-newswire.com/openai-ships-most-important-accessibility-architecture-in-a-decade/

The model is calling a function — not pretending to be human. OpenAI's openai/realtime-voice-component (April 27, on gpt-realtime-1.5) lets models invoke app tools directly — ending 20 years of screen-reader friction.

#DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #ATNewswire

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #88: Interview with Elizabeth Mohler, Ph.D. Researcher, Educator, Advocate, Scholar, Speaker | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-30-2026/

Donna welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Mohler — newly minted PhD, BALANCE for Blind Adults team member — for a conversation on her doctoral research, her dual perspective on caregiving, and the term 'chrono-normative citizenship.'

#DonnaJodhan #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #82: Interview with Bob Branco, Author, Writer and Publisher
By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-14-2026/

Donna sits down with longtime advocate, author, and broadcaster Bob Branco for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up blind, building a life of creative independence, and choosing one's relationship with technology on one's own terms.

Title II Today: Compliance & Accessibility Insights for Monday, May 11, 2026 - Volume 115
By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher on behalf of Pneuma Solutions | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://title2.info/newsletter-05-11-2026/

The world's leading ADA Title II Compliance publication.

🏛️ The Month's News in Title II Compliance
A Pneuma Solutions Publication
#TitleII #Title2 #ADACompliance #DigitalAccessibility #WCAG #WCAG21 #A11y #GovTech #PublicSector

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