Visual and Audio Cookbooks
Cooking is a fun and practical activity for everyone and an opportunity to not only increase independence, but also to...
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Look to Speak uses eye-gazing technology to let people select pre-written phrases to be spoken aloud.
By Aimee Chanthadavong Reprint from ZDNet: Innovation Google, together with speech and language therapist Richard Cave, has developed an experimental...
Welcome to the Smart World!
Peter Fretty Welcome to the Smart World! | IndustryWeek Innovation is often the result of a passion. For brothers Barry...
New mega-review of literature on AT and education
Reprint from KPR Blog ( KPR (kpronline.com) Dave Edyburn spent the last year reviewing over 900 articles on assistive technology...
Thanks to Voiceitt-Amazon collab: “Hey Alexa” sounds the same no matter your voice
By Dor Schwartz reprint from Geektime The Israeli firm targets inclusion and independence through technology, now powering Alexa with speech...
Gauging the Reality of Emerging Tech in Classrooms
by Riddhi Divanji & Lisa Castaneda As virtual reality becomes more prevalent in K–12 educational spaces, developers continue to create...
The Little Things Teachers Do Every Day Are Actually Big Things: How to Retain Them During Virtual Learning
By LauraMarie Coleman (@Teach2Abilities) As a special education teacher and a mom of two middle-schoolers with dyslexia, I am feeling like...
How Hybrid Learning Is (and Is Not) Working During COVID-19: 6 Case Studies
By Mark Lieberman for Education Week Most U.S. school districts are currently using “hybrid learning”-a mix of in-person and online instruction....
LEGO BRAILLE BRICKS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT LAUNCHED IN SEVEN COUNTRIES
By VENKAT for The Assistive Technology Blog Remember the Braille Bricks project Lego piloted last year? Those Braille Bricks have finally officially...
COVID-19 exposes hypocrisy over lack of disability accommodations
By Abrar Al-Heeti for CNET People with disabilities have long been asking for — and denied — accommodations that quickly rolled...
The Library of Congress: New Virtual Student Workshops Offer Opportunity to Engage with Library’s Collections at Home
The Library of Congress is now offering virtual student workshops to engage young learners during an unprecedented school year. A...
ATECH’s AT ACADEMY© Workshop with national trainer, Mike Marotta!
The AT Academy© Workshop, designed by Mike Marotta in collaboration with The Assistive Technology Training Center of CT (ATECH) and MidState Arc,...
The 5 Coolest Gadgets for Assistive Technology in 2020
Reprint from Motobility Firstly, what is assistive technology? Assistive Technology is any device or piece of technology, being large or...
How to use a pointer device with AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Learn how to connect a wired mouse, trackpad, or assistive bluetooth device to control an onscreen pointer on your iPhone,...
Can You See Me Now? An Update on the Great Mask Dilemma
Reprint from AT3 Center News & Tips Finding a readily-available solution to communicating while d/Deaf during the pandemic is proving...
