May 31, 2026

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Bright yellow sign with large bold text reading CANADIAN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, with CANADIAN in red outlined letters and ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY in black; a red and black stylized C logo with a red maple leaf appears on the right, and the address #106 - 828 W 8th Avenue Vancouver BC is printed along the bottom.
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The AT Retailer That Will Redirect You to the Competition: Thirty-Five Years, Three Founders, and 458 Podcast Episodes: An Introduction to Steve Barclay, Canadian Assistive Technology, and the AT Banter Podcast

There is a sentence in the public materials of a Vancouver-based assistive-technology retailer that I have not been able to ...
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Historic Gothic Revival buildings of Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa are bathed in warm golden sunlight, with the tall Peace Tower on the left featuring a clock face and a Canadian flag flying at the top, while an ornate round tower with a dark pointed roof stands on the right; green copper roofs and detailed stonework connect the structures, and pink flowering bushes frame the foreground under a soft pastel sky.
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The Quiet Backbone of a Loud Idea: An Introduction to Hubert van Niekerk and Every Canadian Counts

How a year-long teacher exchange to Australia in 2010, three years before that country's National Disability Insurance Scheme launched, quietly ...
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A wide editorial title graphic with three lines of bold white sans-serif text set left of center on a deep charcoal background with subtle vignetting. Text reads: 'The model is not pretending to be a human. The model is calling a function.' A single thin electric-blue audio waveform runs horizontally across the lower third of the frame, like a horizon line, with three small clusters of activity along its length. The composition is restrained and editorial in style, with generous negative space above and around the text. No people, products, or decorative elements appear.
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OpenAI Quietly Shipped the Most Important Accessibility Architecture in a Decade. And Almost No One Noticed.

Here, Aaron Di Blasi, publisher for Top Tech Tidbits, makes the case that the most consequential accessibility architecture in a ...
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Composite image on a purple background. On the left, a white illustrated graphic of the CJAM 99.1 FM logo depicted as a vintage radio with an antenna, surrounded by musical notes, lightning bolts, and three cartoon characters. On the right, a photo of Cam Wells, host of Handi-Link, seated in a radio studio wearing headphones and a blue shirt, with a broadcast microphone, mixing board, and studio monitors visible behind him.
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CJAM 99.1 FM: 18 Years, One Microphone, and a Mission: How Cam Wells Built Canada’s Longest-Running Disability Radio Program

Here, Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher of Access Information News and PR Director of AT-Newswire, introduces his 43,000+ weekly readers to ...
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Screenshot of an Amazon.co.uk webpage with the search bar showing the typed query 'jacket' and a dropdown of autocomplete suggestions such as 'jacket potatoes' and 'jackets for men uk', while a large on-screen keyboard appears at the bottom labeled SensePilot, and on the right side a small webcam-style overlay shows a man with his hands resting together in front of him while he uses facial gestures to control the interface. Below is a control panel with labels like left click, scroll down, and scroll up.
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A Standard Webcam, A New Access Model: Why SensePilot Caught My Attention — And Why the AT Community Should Be Watching

Here, Aaron Di Blasi, Director for the AT-Newsire PR service and Publisher of the Top Tech Tidbits weekly newsletter, explains ...
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A close-up of a person in a dark suit and orange tie reaching forward to touch a transparent interface displaying the large text ADA at the center, surrounded by four outlined icons connected with dotted lines: a wheelchair accessibility symbol in the upper left, balanced scales representing law in the upper right, a checklist with a gear in the lower left, and a shield with a checkmark in the lower right, suggesting compliance, accessibility, and protection concepts against a blurred professional background.
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The 2024 ADA Web Accessibility Rule Still Stands — So Why Is Everyone Suddenly on Edge?

Here, Aaron Di Blasi, Director for the AT-Newswire PR Service, explains that the 2024 ADA Title II web accessibility rule ...
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