The Internet and assistive technology have the incredible power to level the playing field for people with disabilities. To advance digital equity means to provide vital connections to friends, family ...

According to the WHO, around 2.5 billion people require assistive devices daily. This number is expected to rise to 3.5 billion by 2050. Assistive technology for disabilities benefits individuals with ...

Assistive technology (AT) encompasses a diverse array of devices, interfaces, and applications designed to support individuals with multiple disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum.

THEY HAVE TOOLS TO HELP. MANY OF US USE TOOLS TO MAKE EVERYDAY TASKS A LITTLE EASIER, AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING OR HAVE DISABILITIES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. HELLO ...

With new guidance, the U.S. Department of Education is pushing schools to ensure that all students with disabilities have the assistive technology they need and the supports to use it effectively. The ...

Through a partnership with a venerable name in the world of assistive technology, people with disabilities can now control Apple’s iPad using nothing more than their eyes. Tobii Dynavox said this week ...

“At some point in their lives, most people will either have a disability or know someone who has one,” said Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., director of CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental ...

Marci Straughter, a 44-year-old woman with hydrocephaly and epilepsy, uses a GPS device called AngelSense to live more independently. AngelSense provides a sense of safety and security, allowing ...

In this third blog post in our series on the OSERS Question and Answer document on IDEA requirements related to returning to in-person instruction, we are focusing on an issue of special importance ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Katie Fetterolf worked her way up from an internship with Temple University's Institute on Disabilities to becoming the Assistive Technology Lending Library Coordinator. "It could take ...

This sentence is illegible to some people, appearing as nothing more than a smudge on a screen. At least, that’s what it looks like to Phill Kirk, born with Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome — a ...