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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The late stage of the condition leaves individuals prone to opportunistic infections and tumors. Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus's progression, there is no known cure. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can come in the form of anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.
Most researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century;
it is now a pandemic, with an estimated 38.6 million people now living with the disease worldwide. As of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4 - 3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children. A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in all countries. HIV/AIDS stigma is more severe than that associated with other life-threatening conditions and extends beyond the disease itself to providers and even volunteers involved with the care of people living with HIV.
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Low Vision Aids :: Assistive Technology
New blog post: Optical and non-optical vision aids for reading http://bit.ly/AhyCQ
alexchan2009 (alex) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:16:51 -0000
New blog post: Optical and non-optical vision aids for reading http://bit.ly/AhyCQ
A. T. Kratter - Technology and services for people with reading, visual, learning, and physical disabilities.
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Ackley Appliance Service - Perkins Brailler repair, updating, and general reconditioning.
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Allied Technologies - Line of CCTVs and reading systems for people with low vision.
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Allied Technologies of the Carolinas - Provides CCTVs, reading machine, handheld video magnification systems.
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Alva - Manufactures braille displays, outSPOKEN screen reader and inLARGE screen magnifier software.
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Angila Polytechnic University - The Disabled Access Centre of Anglia Polytechnic University proposes a range of services and products to enable visually impaired people to access the written word.
Meta Description: [ Anglia Ruskin University teaches students skills that will equip them for life and seeks to create new knowledge for the benefit of the economy, the community and society as a whole. www.anglia.ac.uk ]
Ash Technologies - Offers portable products for partially sighted persons.
Bartimaeus Group - Provide adaptive technology products, technical services, and training for compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Braille Plus, Inc. - Provides products, training, and consulting for the visually impaired. Services include transcribing on audio tape, Braille, 3D Braille, large print, and electronic formats.
Meta Description: [ Braille Plus offers braille printing, large print, audio tape,and braille transcription services ]
Clarity Solutions - Manufactures video magnifiers (CCTVs) for helping visually impaired and blind people.
Eschenbach Optik of America - Distributor of vision aids including magnifiers, telescopes, sun filters, binoculars, and electronic reading devices.
Force 10 Company - Sensory loss and hearing loop systems, text readers, bar code scanners for the blind and visually impaired. Located in the UK.
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Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH - Manufactures Braille displays, note-takers and readers. Site available in low vision and Braille formats. Horb, Germany. ( English and German )
Meta Description: [ Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH - innovative Hilfsmittel für Blinde und Sehbehinderte. Braillezeile. Innovative products for the Blind and Visually impaired. ]
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Jungle Electronics - Manufactures computer peripherals that produce tactile diagrams and Braille on swell paper and other media.
Ocutech - Develops low vision aids for patients suffering from macular degeneration and other low vision impairment.
Meta Description: [ Ocutech, Inc. makes low vision aids and bioptics for the visually impaired with macular degeneration and other disorders. ]
Quantum Technology - Manufactures and distributes products for people who are blind or vision impaired.
Robotron Sensory Tools - Makes reading machines, Braille software, a Braille palmtop, and a talking compass.
Meta Description: [ Assistive devices for blind and vision-impaired people ]
Rocky Mountain Low Vision - Distributes a variety of low vision equipment, including video magnifiers for Macular Degeneration.
Meta Description: [ Rocky Mountain Low Vision carries Video Magnifiers for persons with Macular Degeneration and other Low Vision Conditions. Our Magnifiers are also useful for many inspection purposes in industrial and educational settings. ]
Specsavers Opticians - A chain of opticians offering services throughout Europe.
Meta Description: [ Specsavers Opticians provide professional eyecare, glasses and contact lenses throughout the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Norway and via the Louis Nielsen stores in Denmark. ]
Trynameks - Proposes large print and low vision products, Braille products, talking devices, voice command computers systems.
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Vision Technology - Manufactures industrial video magnification systems.
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Visuaide - Distributes software and hardware products adapted to the needs of the blind and the visually impaired.
Meta Description: [ Voué à améliorer la qualité de vie des personnes ayant une déficience visuelle, HumanWare offre des solutions adaptées innovatrices. ]
Visual Enhancements - Low vision equipment and adaptive aids.
Voice Web Solutions - A tool for publishers to transform their content into VoiceXML so that the disabled can access any information and navigate the content by voice.
Meta Description: [ Find VoiceXML SALT Grammar Developer Tools for the IVR VRU Voice Browsers Response Web Speech Technology News Industry, Voice Web Solutions is the premier tools provider for the voice web industry. VANGARD is the best solution for voice access to any type of document. ]
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