Accessibility Coverage

UNC student with disability stranded in dorm more than 36 hours
A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student is pushing for university officials to make campus more wheelchair friendly, after says she was trapped inside her dorm for more than 36 hours.

NCSU students design playground for the blind
NC State Design students who are members of a club called Freedom By Design want to put their skills to good use to upgrade and modernize this playground on the campus of the Governor Morehead School for the Blind.

Xbox considering incorporating accessible chat options
Text-to-speech and speech-to-text options are currently being tested for Xbox Chat by Microsoft.

Accessible chariot now available at Chavis Park carousel
The historic carousel at John Chavis Memorial Park just south of downtown Raleigh now has special seating for guests who use wheelchairs.

Beyonce's company sued by blind woman over website accessibility
Parkwood Entertainment, the company that manages Beyonce's website, is being sued by a blind woman who claims that Beyonce.com violates the Americans With Disabilities Act because she cannot navigate the website without the assistance of a person with sight.