{"632685":{"#nid":"632685","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technology and Disability Policy Highlights - May 2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn May, the eighth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) was celebrated to bring about awareness and activities that support access and inclusion for people with all types of disabilities. The primary audience of GAAD is the \u0026ldquo;design, development, usability, and related communities who build, shape, fund, and influence technology and its use.\u0026rdquo; As a result, many companies launch accessibility initiatives on GAAD. This year saw access and inclusion news from Procter and Gamble\u0026rsquo;s Herbal Essences, Lloyds Banking Group, Google, Microsoft, Be My Eyes, Verizon, and Apple, among others. In keeping with the theme of influencing technology development, Verizon highlighted the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/teachaccess.org\/\u0022\u003ETeach Access\u003C\/a\u003E program, a coalition of technology players who seek to integrate accessible and inclusive design and development into higher education curriculums.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the regulatory space, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering how to expand the use of C-Band. The C-Band Alliance offered a market-based proposal that they believe will \u0026ldquo;enable an accelerated deployment of 5G in the US.\u0026rdquo; However, the FCC stated that C-Band Alliance\u0026rsquo;s proposal had raised additional questions on how to repurpose the spectrum and how to properly allocate ownership.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Wireless RERC News, the outreach team produced two new videos that are available on our \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WIrelessRERC\/featured\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYouTube channel \u003C\/a\u003Eand featured on our \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wirelessrerc.org\/?utm_source=Wireless+RERC+Newsletter+2019%2F03%2F15\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Wireless+RERC+Newsletter+2019%2F03%2F15\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E. The first video, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zIE81uIlF80\u0026amp;t=7s\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECustomizing Wireless Emergency Alert Settings on Android Devices\u003C\/a\u003E, is an update to our popular Android-focused Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) video. The second video, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YuwiqHsVOdU\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAmerican Sign Language Interpretation Overview of The Wireless RERC and Website\u003C\/a\u003E, is meant to provide information about the Wireless RERC for website visitors whose primary language is American Sign Language (ASL). We also shared two new SUNspots. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rA8tQp15OM9QZSGplIvgX9FKp7fUa7Fb9ZnlRTsyK5tGG7uUs_1roR3otLoyN_CpTI8OHG02MMJl7foXi7oWxVZGSDwtycKjYkezJkOxWPRRYRd1heccFYiwsCmyQBriPGJ886dPRNPJ8-dHVV5e0AFUT0sKb6YzUXC8R38xqP-1cMnxXDJv-zqQ2wVLJg4uWaDE8EqiFYsOcZbPmYUaqOW7aUZnPeE3SykSQLn91Ui9PZwmY0gpBUrDhXqD0EPRN7fatIpE8phKRHLk84uednti43AnltbUOg5atG0BAdj3xuvn4EHvcfWit60_mt8N0B738V-3a09me77SL-3gC6NAbTcDNxU8CctmhPyjXVyB_C280_m2FHdQlL5ytEbeTTR3Qzn9-9Ii2tb1fT0sI1bwahh4Lr_xmvvfKl2Cb4yK5M4DA7jPNUjhiLzfX5fptTCoyhGt8XWJ7Gw1dYtm14Gzwx3oDPM8VtKUXgQEfbkQO8-fbpWSNnzPnuTMcSLJMdAj-DyLWYPzUXhYN2XHjPKzx3Zglf7uSZhri3eITFc=\u0026amp;c=BMr5DYGeEhHxXWcSu98ETV7L6nHFlxkxcl9FABmcMxncRVqa0K12IA==\u0026amp;ch=p1nR-W5qaLZC6mK-Svp3gfHHv2Q8uoZPyPntDxisWakGGZz0ouDsmg==\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESUNspot 01: Use of Mobile Phones by Individuals with Disabilities (2017-2018)\u003C\/a\u003E presents key findings regarding mobile phone use and satisfaction by consumers with disabilities. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001rA8tQp15OM9QZSGplIvgX9FKp7fUa7Fb9ZnlRTsyK5tGG7uUs_1roR3otLoyN_Cp-uTuxtuhBuZewg0Sop01VIgpSG5Yv64TPePGCf7t8xstCpLRWyUSmVggho2vVlveHDRhVJfORB_usSoACUjRGb4M8GYTtv4KyHSlJ8_LkZlBKORGiS7wcTu8owXTCmv3uYjGDt14C8-Lkcx7kbB8sCvn95vxfXpGyLsAXIiJ6_PZZAEirLBZjgzDjCaV5DakSL7Duy9wfEK1Afv9wIf77WmpOOLAYse0qJrRgVfyTgpx_eWY2RiDPfHfX1JSSg9FpqbpHIMSRVxTziL3b6QdbURf8liFcYk-da5a9nkl6pCsMEN5OQVpDHsON9JSXK1zEkVATKfyy55FJX6VHLSpwDvZsO5jJObxlzWygVNDkOXdG3INj-sgswECRnyz9-mu1JIYEwOLlqCOkkPNDF21AuCTKRPnOrXOWJggK7kJUeZ4KOTrnJCVTYDVp1_mu34N4PfjuFn0x1oDP3ZgtleipauvcdaU9ecczumgE_0aMK8AB84NAhK2A_P5ESGhRpt0\u0026amp;c=BMr5DYGeEhHxXWcSu98ETV7L6nHFlxkxcl9FABmcMxncRVqa0K12IA==\u0026amp;ch=p1nR-W5qaLZC6mK-Svp3gfHHv2Q8uoZPyPntDxisWakGGZz0ouDsmg==\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESUNspot 02: Use of Wireless Technology Features and Wireless Device Activities by Individuals with Disabilities (2017-2018)\u003C\/a\u003E presents key findings regarding the use of wireless technology features, including real-time-text, intelligent assistants, and visual and audio display options.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis issue also includes news about the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework, artificial intelligence, accessible gaming, Live Caption, Live Relay, Project Euphoria, accessible digital environments in higher education, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In May, the eighth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) was celebrated to bring about awareness and activities that support access and inclusion for people with all types of disabilities."}],"uid":"35091","created_gmt":"2020-02-19 21:50:10","changed_gmt":"2020-02-19 21:50:10","author":"msoffel3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.wirelessrerc.gatech.edu\/technology-and-disability-policy-highlights-may-2019","title":"TDPH May 2019"}],"groups":[{"id":"47427","name":"Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP)"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["info@cacp.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}