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News about disability

• Smart home for people with intellectual disabilities to open next month

  St John of God Health Care worked with HomeStay and other vendors to give residents greater independence

• Comms authority warns Australian telcos over disability information failures

  ACMA found consumer staff from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone had "significant" knowledge gaps about disability products

• Advance Computing gets dynamic with disability service provider's Microsoft project

  Microsoft partner helps not-for-profit to find a system allowed for needed modifications

• Mobile Manufacturers Forum backs Telstra’s initiatives for disabled Australians

  International association brands telco’s web portal a key step in breaking down accessibility barriers

• Telstra launches communications initiatives for disabled Australians

  Telco unveils portal for specialised smartphone selection, removes CAPTCHAs, pursue open captioning

• Telstra and b2cloud reveal Google Glass projects for vision and hearing impaired

  Applications aimed at enabling greater independence for users