The News in Review
Appeals made to Virginia Governor
to intervene in case of man with
autism successful
Google halts sales on Google Glass –
what does it mean to the special needs
community?
Disability organizations have been
working very hard the past few months to
bring attention to the incarceration of
Reginald “Neli” Latson and their work has
paid off. This week, Governor Terry
McAuliffe granted Neli a conditional
pardon. He will now be transferred to a
secure treatment center located in Florida
where he can receive the appropriate
services he needs in the correct
environment.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report
Google Inc. is halting individual sales of its
wearable Glass yesterday. This was quickly
followed by others, especially technology
reporters. The product, Google Glass, while
first talked about and unveiled back in 2012,
never had an official launch or a marketing
strategy. The buzz that is resonating within
the technology industry is that this is not the
end of Google Glass, but rather a repositioning of the product.
Portland Police to assume new policy on encounters with mentally ill suspects
Oregon — Following a string of incidents wherein suspects suffering from unstable mental
health conditions were either shot or killed by police officers, the Portland Police
Department decided to adopt a new policy on police encounters with mentally unstable
suspects.
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