Comments on: Helping Yahoos imagine disability

By: Monica Wharton

Monica Wharton — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:22:49 +0000

I am thrilled to see Yahoo being in the forefront of providing accessible information online to the world. Please help change the way individuals with disabilities are referred to as people first.. person with visual impairment, boy with autism, adult that is hearing impaired.
As a mother of son with Aspergers Syndrome, advocate, and host of radio show, I am trying to help educate the public about how people with disabilities are referred to and written about as well.
Kudos to all you do providing accessible content!

Also, I have exciting news to share! I was selected as a finalist in Subway’s “Refresh Your Life” contest. My dream is to go on the road in RV to give people with disabilities a voice to be heard. People can watch my interview online http://www.fittoboom.msnbc.msn.com (look on bottom right corner of page, then click on “Meet the Finalists” and look for MONICA- Tarpon Springs. Thanks!

By: Nicki Dugan

Nicki Dugan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:56:05 +0000

@Elli – I’m afraid we don’t break that out. But hundreds of Yahoo! engineers have passed through our two labs since they opened to get skooled on accessibility.

By: Elli

Elli — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:40:17 +0000

That sounds amazing. I’m just curious: How many people with disabilities are working in your lab in Bangalore?

By: Victor Tsaran

Victor Tsaran — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:30:54 +0000

@Bob: Thanks for your wonderful comment and for following this blog.
@Deepak: thanks for the comment. I’ll get in touch with you offline.”.

By: deepak

deepak — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:32:27 +0000

Hi Victor,

I am a voluntary teacher in Visual Rehabilitation Centre, which is set up by Shroff’s Eye Hospital in partnership with Adobe. This VRC is located in New Delhi and has helped hundreds of students in capacity and career building. Could I also get a chance to visit Yahoo India Accessibility Lab? It will help me understand newer technologies, which can help us make more lives better,faster!

Regards,
Deepak

By: Bob Birk (chicago)

Bob Birk (chicago) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:13:09 +0000

Yahoo is the best! As the parent of a special needs child, I’m most grateful for organizations like Yahoo that see the vision in reaching out to everyone in this world.

The special needs community is very appreciative and loyal to enlightened organizations like Yahoo that have the resources to invest in making this a better planet for everyone.

Victor Tsaran said it best in his closing: Everybody wins.