A team of conservators and technology specialists are investigating uses of augmented technology to share otherwise inaccessible spaces at a distance. The Center for Disabilities Studies’ Karen Latimer is working with the team to potentially add the device to the Center’s Assistive Technology Resource Centers, making it available for loan to Delawareans with disabilities.
Behavioral threat assessment models often conflict with the legal protection of federal disabilities law.
Houses of worship are slow in becoming accessible. Community members push for faster change.
Social Security determines eligibility for disability benefits based on a person’s ability to do any of a list of almost 13,000 jobs. Largely, that list has not been updated in over 40 years – causing many applicants to be denied benefits.
Delawareans may qualify for new tax deductions beginning in 2023 by contributing to a Delaware 529 Education Savings Plan or to a 529 (DEpend) ABLE account. The DEpendABLE Account for people with disabilities allows for greater deductions when saving for the cost of higher education, trade schools and other post secondary education programs.
