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DIGITAL QUARTERLY
Fall 2019
#AADQ #BackToSchool
*STELLAR!
Ability Anyware's
Lexington School
Pick of #Accessible
for the Deaf
#BackToSchool
@4201 Schools
Products
New Anime:
September: Sayaka さやか
National Deaf
Tsukishiro 月城
Awareness
Month
Noteworthy Books,
Articles, Music
October: National
Disability
Employment
Awareness Month
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#Accessible
Halloween
Disability Friendly
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Assistive
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Apps
©2019
Ability Anyware Digital Quarterly's mission is to curate content
that facilitates the accessibility, creativity, digital literacy, and
dignified recognition of individuals with disabilities.
Dedication to #SweetSophia........................................................................................5
Stellar: Lexington School for the Deaf & @4201 Schools.............................................6
New Anime! Sayaka さやかTsukishiro 月城 by Stephen Razo......................................7
#AccessibleHalloween....................................................................................................8
Accessible Dispatch: Accessible Transportation in NYC............................................9
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From the Editor
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According to the Census Bureau, more than
56 million individuals with disabilities are reported living in the
U.S.
Ability Anyware Digital Quarterly was Teddie-Joy served more than 40 years in the
saddened to find out that Teddie-Joy disability advocacy field. She will be deeply
Remhild passed away recently. Ms. missed. We thank her for being such a terrific
Remhild was a blind mother, former mentor, compassionate soul, and extraordinary
program director, educator, disability human being.
rights activist, prodigious writer, and
motivational speaker for the disability AFTER THE TEARS
community. She had a great sense
of enthusiasm, positive outlook on life, After the tears, there is time,
and profound determination in Time to reflect, time to review.
advocating on behalf of individuals After the tears, there is time,
with disabilities. With her superb Time to renew.
communication and needs
assessment skills, she effectively The losses of life bring tears and pain.
addressed the concerns and resource Yet, after the tears,
deprivation in the disability The gift of time still does remain.
community. Her name appeared
frequently in numerous records of Precious are the tears shed for loss of life and love,
disability commission meetings and The gift of time offers the strength of life
disability rights publications. For more And the potential to rise above.
information about Mrs. Remhild and
her projects, please visit Disability & -Teddie Joy Remhild
Aging Advocacy and American
Council of the Blind.
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In Loving Memory of #SweetSophia #FlashBack Feature
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*STELLAR: Lexington School for the Deaf & @4201 Schools
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Introducing Sayaka さやか Tsukishiro 月城
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Hello, everyone, I am Sayaka Tsukishiro. I am 5 Are you a blind student in junior high, high
years old. Tomorrow, I will be starting school, or college? We would like
kindergarten. I am very nervous about what my feedback on what your first day of school
classmates will think about me when they see me. experience was like. What kind of advice
I hope they don’t point at me and start calling me would you give a young student like
names. I am blind, need to use a guide cane, Sayaka? What form of assistive
and have to wear a cloth around my eyes. technology could help her throughout
My uncle is my mom’s younger brother, Hajime the school day? Please tweet us your
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One day, I visited my Uncle Hajime’s shop, as students. Check out some of their website
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concentrating, as I expected. I wasn’t wearing
any safety goggles on my eyes and got a little too
close to what Uncle Hajime was working on.
Because of that, the last thing I was able to see
was bright orange sparks flying right into my eyes.
It was a very painful injury that burned my eyes.
Uncle Hajime called the ambulance immediately.
I was rushed to the hospital. The doctors were
able to treat my injury, but unable to save my
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Since my accident, life hasn’t been easy for me. (available on recycled paper and digital
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I’ve been teased a lot by the neighborhood kids
See When I Look at a Tree?, accessible format
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"ugly", "ogre", and "witch". One boy even yanked paperback version available in limited supply,
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Are you making it an
I am very scared that my new classmates will #AccessibleHalloween?
treat me the same way, calling me names and
stealing my stuff. I hear, though, that the school
near my house is one that takes in kids with
special needs. I am excited, because I know that
there will be more people like me. I can’t wait!
-Stephen Razo
Talented AADQ Intern
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