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 ...

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 ...

Disability can arrive slowly or in an instant. One day you’re independent, verbal, mobile. The next, you’re navigating a ...

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.

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...

Assistive technology—from visual timers to help students with learning differences keep track of their schedules to digital captioning software for those with hearing difficulties—can improve outcomes ...

The 2,227-square-foot space is part of Temple’s Institute on Disabilities in the College of Education and Human Development. (Photo courtesy of Temple Assistive Technology Department) From Philly and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. In the quiet revolution happening at the intersection of ...

The ‘Tobii Eye Tracker 5,’ which tracks user eye movements to function like a mouse. The ‘QuadStick Mouse,’ operated by ...

MATLF is proud to be a part of freedom from predatory lending for people who often can least afford the cost when ...

THE Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning (MOLMP) has begun discussions with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) ...