Doubling down on accessibility: Microsoft’s next steps to expand accessibility in technology, the workforce and workplace
By Brad Smith for Microsoft Our accessibility team reminds us to do “nothing about us, without us.” It’s a motto...
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Listening Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Schafer, Erin C. PhD; Mathews, Lauren MS; Dunn, Andrea AuD, PhD; Author Information reprint: The Hearing Journal: April 2021 –...
Affording Grit – One Boy’s Way Outdoors
By Eliza J. Anderson for AT3 Center Louisiana’s assistive technology (AT) leasing program makes all the difference for a young...
Free ATIA Course: The Evolution of Accessible Telecommunications and its Impact in the Workplace
April 7, 2021; 3:30 – 4:30 pm EST. This presentation reflects the evolution of relay services over the past 30...
Chrome can now caption audio and video
By: Emily Scharff, Product Manager, Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility and Madan Kompalli Product Manager, Speech Captions make online content...
Starbucks launches technology to make stores more accessible to visually impaired
By Marianne Wilson Starbucks Corp. is partnering with a technology company to make it easier for customers with vision problems to...
Resources for free and low cost communication boards, picture symbols and visuals for adults
Thanks to “Say It With Symbols” for these resources. Check out their website at Find free Adult Picture Communication Boards,...
Face Tracking and Eye Gaze for the iPhone and iPad: Access and AAC
By: Kathryn Helland For the AAC Community At long last, apps are available that take advantage of Apple’s True Depth camera to...
Visual and Audio Cookbooks
Cooking is a fun and practical activity for everyone and an opportunity to not only increase independence, but also to...
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...
