Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology: Building Bridges
The beaten path—the typical way of doing things—takes you from A to B to C until you arrive at D. So what if your situation prevents that B-to-C connection? Quit? No way, you just need a different path. Maybe from A to B, out to S, and back around to J before winding your way back to D. You are still getting where you need to go. more
National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: How Tech Can Help Those with Disabilities
For seniors and the disabilities community, the risk of serious injury or worse from falling is very real, but sometimes preventable.
Danny's Game-Changing Makeathon
A team of brilliant minds collaborated to solve challenges related to the disabilities of Daniel Stickney…in one week.
Worse-Than-Expected Cuts to Complex Wheelchair Accessories Set for January 1st
What happens if you do nothing? 2016 will be the year that debilitating Medicare cuts reduce or eliminate access to CRT. Please act!
iDevices are iOpening for Blind and Visually Impaired
iDevices have become the go-to products for people with visual impairments. Check out free audio training on how to maximize their use.
Medicaid Cuts to CRT Threaten Access for Disability Community
Drastic Medicaid cuts spell disaster for people with involved disabilities who need hi-tech, specialized wheelchairs.
Bryan Anderson: Conquering Hollywood at iLevel
The heroism of Bryan Anderson didn't stop when he left Iraq. Aided by breakthough iLevel technology, he continues to inspire other wounded vets to success and independence.
Calming the Tremors of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease comes on gradually, insidiously claiming one neurological function after another. Learn how Deep Brain Stimulation helped one doctor reclaim his life.
Keeping Mobile with MS
Better living through technology! With no time for MS, this busy mom of 7 turned to less conventional ways to maintain independent mobility.
Deaf Baby Hears
Adorable 7-week-old Lachlan's expression is a touching mixture of wonder and joy when he hears his parents' voices for the first time.
Product Spotlight: Sonus Hearing Care Professionals
An estimated 37 million people in the United States suffer from hearing loss. Let’s reflect on the enormity of that number—it’s about one out of every eight people.
Eye-control Empowers People with Disabilities
Gaze interaction is a computer access method that allows those with disabilities to navigate and control their computer with their eyes, similarly as an everyday computer user uses a mouse...
Tobii EyeMobile & I-Series
The EyeMobile puts individuals with physical and communication impairments at the forefront of consumer technology.
User-focused Assistive Technology Development
It was bad enough the car accident took away Charlie’s vocation as a personal trainer. Now it threatened to rob him of his dream of teaching Bible students.
FES Rowing Expands Exercise Possibilities for People with Disabilities
Indoor rowing was born in the early 1980s when brothers and former rowers Dick and Pete Dreissigacker developed the first rowing ergometer.
So it is with assistive technology. Inventive hi- and low-tech devices effectively act as bridges and allow people to span the divide between individual disability and ability.
Do your mobility issues restrict your access to your computer? There are a myriad of adaptive mice and keyboards devices to get you finishing those reports in no time. Is your condition severe enough where keyboards and mice won’t do the trick? How about lasers and eye-gaze technology to keep you emailing with friends?
Low vision or blindness holding you back from texting like a teenager? Well, there is an app for that. It’s called BrailleTouch and allows you to actually type on you iPhone.
The open road is no longer out of reach for wheelchair users thanks to the accessible vehicles from Braun Ability, VMI and Mobility SVM. For those loath to relinquish the driver’s seat, Kempf adapts vehicles with hand controls that keep you behind the wheel!
And until the greater population becomes fluent in ASL, there are ingenious devices that let those from the deaf/hard-of-hearing community to communicate face-to-face in real time using speech-to-text and text-to-voice technology.
Parents who had long agonized over their child’s learning disabilities rely on numerous software applications to help put their children on a path to success.
For those with communication disabilities, AT like Go Talk has literally opened up their worlds, allowing them to interact socially and convey their thoughts despite limitations.
Let’s face it. As the world gets more Star Treky, the AT gets better and better!
But before you read more about making the impossible possible, let’s tip our collective hats to the geniuses that came up with all of those impressive, life-changing, opportunity-making gadgets, gizmos and whatchamacallits. Really, really nice work, folks!
Product Spotlight: Sonus Hearing Care Professionals
Eye-control Empowers People with Disabilities
Assistive Technology Research: User-focused Assistive Technology Development