Dear AccessWorld readers,
Last month, AccessWorld celebrated Disability Employment Awareness Month. We took the opportunity to focus on employment and provide information about employment resources, strategies, and insider perspectives. Good job search strategies and resources are important all year long, so I encourage you to look back at last month's issue if you may have missed it and forward information to anyone you know who may be looking for employment or better employment opportunities.
As you know, there is now a chill in the air, and the days of fall are well upon us. It's time to start thinking about the holiday gift-giving season. I know, I know…I can't believe it, either. Summer completely passed me by. Ready or not, the shopping season is just around the corner, and the AccessWorld team wants you to be ready with gift ideas for those in your life of all ages who experience vision loss.
In this issue, J.J. Meddaugh provides great gift ideas ranging from low-tech household items to high-tech productivity tools. Some of his ideas are "high-dollar" whereas others are "nearly priceless." Janet Ingber, once again, takes us on a virtual tour of popular online shopping sites and provides advice, tips, and tricks to get the most from your online holiday shopping experience.
The AccessWorld team hopes this issue will give you ideas and inspiration for finding just the right holiday gifts for your family and friends with vision loss.
I am also excited to announce the update of the AccessWorld search tool. The updated tool uses the Google Mini platform to allow AccessWorld readers to more quickly and efficiently search the current and back issues for topics or authors of interest. When you type a word or phrase into the "Search Phrase" box or an author's name into the "Author" box and select the "Submit" button, search results will appear, by default, in a newest to oldest order. You can also view the listing in reverse chronological order by selecting the "Oldest to Newest" option. Another way to display the results is by "Best Match." The "Best Match" option displays the articles in order with the highest number of occurrences of the search term listed first.
I encourage you to try out the newly updated AccessWorld search tool and send me your feedback.
The AccessWorld team wishes you and yours health, happiness, and prosperity as we enter the holiday season.
Sincerely,
Lee Huffman
AccessWorld Editor-in-Chief
