Microsoft’s smart headsets paint pictures using sound to help the blind see
by David Chambers on 28/11/2015 posted in the Daily Chronicle Dubbed Orientate and Look Ahead, the new features provide information...
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RESNA: Volunteers wanted!
By: Daniel Cochrane, MA, MS, ATP, Chair, RESNA Professional Standards Board RESNA is recruiting another round of volunteer subject matter...
Freedom Scientific and Optelec Join Forces in Assistive Technology Merger
Freedom Scientific and Optelec announced that the two companies have merged to create the world’s largest assistive technology provider for the...
Library of Congress Opens Assistive Technology Demonstration Center for Employees with Disabilities
The Library of Congress is testing and demonstrating new technologies that enable employees with disabilities to do their jobs in...
Wearable Tech Translates Sign Language Into Text
A smart device that translates sign language while being worn on the wrist could bridge the communications gap between people...
To Prospective NASA Student Interns with Disabilities
By: Kenneth A. Silberman, Esq. NASA is looking to increase the number of students with disabilities pursuing science, technology, engineering,...
An AT Version of Read It From Top to Bottom & Bottom to Top Poem by Wylanta Jones.
Wylanta Jones, is an SLP/AT Specialist in Arizona. She wrote a wonderful AT version of that “read it from the top...
$500,000 Investment to Launch the Assistive Technology Challenge to Improve Communication for People with ALS
WASHINGTON, PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The ALS Association, in partnership with Prize4Life, is pleased to announce The ALS Assistive Technology Challenge to revolutionize communication...
RESNA – AT in Schools job analysis study
RESNA is conducting a job analysis study of the work typically performed by assistive technology professionals in schools. AT practitioners...
DOJ Puts Pressure on Schools and Ed Techs to Provide Accessible Educational Technology
Press Release: 8/27/2015; by Nancy Anderson, Micheal Goldstein & Paul Thompson (Cooley, LLP). In our last alert on the growing...
New Medicare Speech Generating Device Policy – SGD Capped Rental to end 10/1/15
Medicare has issued a new National Coverage Decision for SGDs and the President signed the Steve Gleason Act. These developments...
Tech Companies Launch Teaching Accessibility
Several large technology companies have launched a new initiative targeted to create future products that are accessible for people with...
FSU Launches New Graduate Certificate in Assistive Technology
The advent of mobile applications and other technologies have created thousands of new opportunities to assist people with disabilities. This...
MIT… looking for clients with disabilities interested in creating customized AT!
MIT’s Assistive Technology design class is looking for clients with disabilities who are interested in creating customized assistive technology. The...
SETDA Announces Partnership with New Cohort of Nine Startups Focused on Serving K-12 Education Needs
June 10, 2015 (Washington, D.C.) – The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), the principal membership association representing U.S. state...
