Fwd: Making iPads More Accessible, Support For Special Ed Strong, UN Disability Resolution, and More News

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Begin forwarded message:Subject: Making iPads More Accessible, Support For Special Ed Strong, UN Disability Resolution, and More NewsDate: December 14, 2012 9:28:31 AM PSTTo: valerieslist@...Having trouble viewing this email? Click here for the Web version.» Your Ad HereE-Mail News | Friday, December 14, 2012Hiring? Post on Disability Scoop JobsDisability Scoop Jobs -- our site for professionals serving those with developmental disabilities -- is the place to find special educators, nonprofit executives, behavior analysts and more.Click here to get started!Latest Headlines from DisabilityScoop.comPublic Support For Special Education StrongAs the fiscal cliff looms, most Americans believe that special education programs should be spared from federal budget cuts, a new poll suggests.With Resolution, UN Puts Focus On Developmental DisabilitiesThe United Nations is urging countries worldwide to do more to support and accept people with autism and other developmental disabilities.Researchers Look To Make iPads More AccessibleA new device could make it possible for kids with motor skills difficulties to utilize iPads and other touch-screen technologies.Court Weighs Jail For Google Execs Over Autism Bullying VideoProsecutors are urging an Italian appeals court to uphold jail sentences for executives at Google charged in connection with a video posted to the site of a boy with autism being bullied.Disability Scoop Jobs» Behavioral Health Home Manager | Hope Comm. Resources | Anchorage, AK» Program Director | College Internship Program | Berkeley, CA» Home Alliance Coordinator | Hope Community Resources, Inc. | Seward, AK» Home Alliance Coordinator | Hope Community Resources, Inc. | Juneau, AK» Home Alliance Coordinator | Hope Community Resources, Inc. | Wasilla, AK» Search 1,100+ Jobs» Employers: Post a JobMost Popular This Week» Autism Blood Test Shows Promise» Max From NBC's 'Parenthood' Talks Asperger's» Autism Therapy Named To Time Magazine's Top 10» Boy With Asperger's Lands 'Jeopardy!' Tryout» Mom Who Abandoned Teen With Disability Won't Face ChargesRecent E-Mail News Issues» Tuesday, December 11, 2012» Friday, December 7, 2012» Tuesday, December 4, 2012AdvertiseWant to reach the most engaged audience in the special needs community? Look no further than Disability Scoop — the nation's premier source for developmental disability news.Click here for information about advertising with Disability Scoop.» Your Ad HereFounded in 2008, Disability Scoop is the nation's premier source for developmental disability news. With daily coverage of autism, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and more, no other news source offers a more timely and comprehensive take on the issues that matter to the developmental disability community. Learn more atwww.disabilityscoop.com.Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.Copyright © 2012 Disability Scoop, LLC. All Rights Reserved. | Disability Scoop, LLC, 611 N. 3rd St., Memphis, TN 38107