Brett Oppegaard has been awarded the 2019 Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Audio Description Achievement Award for Research Development from the American Council of the Blind.
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, selected Pono Choices, based in the College of Education's Center on Disability Studies, for a Maternal Child Health best practice award.
Researchers at UH Mānoa conducted user testing at Yosemite National Park of the UniD mobile app, which is is designed to make national parks brochures accessible to those who have trouble seeing them.
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.
The conference seeks to eliminate poverty, oppression and marginalization that disproportionately burden persons with disability, who make up 15 percent of the population worldwide.
Researchers will collaborate with Google, the American Council of the Blind and the National Park Service to audio describe print brochures at 15 park sites.
The Hawaiʻi Pacific Gerontological Society presented Christy Nishita with a Na Lima Kokua award for her outstanding service to gerontological community.