KOTA KINABALU: Whenever wheelchair-bound Fariz Abd Rani gets invited to an event here, the first thing he checks is whether or not it is possible for him to get there.
The 41-year-old, who runs his own medical device company and training consultancy, said he needs to know whether the building is disabled-friendly, among other things.
“Does the building have a parking space for the disabled? Is there a ramp? Are there elevators? Is there a toilet for the disabled which can fit a wheelchair? Because if not, it means I need to control my consumption of fluids.
“If I do not do my homework, I might discover there are no such facilities, and get stuck along the way.
The funds allow the club to provide its programming free of charge to those who need it, and to go beyond the Crew Camp programs that run in the summer.
The number of new COVID-19 cases has steadily dropped in recent weeks and vaccination rates have climbed. But a stubborn issue persists: Why hasn t the racial gap in vaccination rates closed more quickly?|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||It has been nearly two weeks since the state started to use the Maryalnd Lottery to boost COVID-19 vaccinations with $40,000 a day awarded to a vaccinated person whose name is drawn.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsIn northwest Baltimore, Marvin Dunn has a different incentive to get vaccinated spending time with his children. I plan to be around them a lot, and by them not being able to get vaccinated, I don t want to mess around and give it to them, Dunn said.Dunn and other residents of Baltimore are now having an easier time getting vaccinated. Small pop-up sites and mobile sites have been added to the larger mass vaccination sites and pha
By Dian Schaffhauser
Fix Your Content Day leaderboard
Competitors from 115 universities around the world dedicated May 20, 2021 Global Accessibility Awareness Day to fixing course accessibility and winning public recognition for their efforts. They expanded accessibility on a total of 108,000 course files, nearly doubling the total of 57,000 improved in 2020.
The project was instigated by teaching and learning technology company Blackboard, in its second annual Fix Your Content Day Challenge. Participants used Blackboard Ally, the company s digital accessibility tool, which is learning management system-agnostic. The program works with Blackboard Learn, Moodle, D2L s Brightspace and Instructure Canvas.
According to the company, the use of the tool can make course materials more accessible for all students, not just those with disabilities. Ally uses machine learning algorithms to automatically suggest alternative formats for course content, such as semantic HTML, audio,