Microsoft – Bringing our accessibility awareness game today and every day
By: Jenny Lay-Flurrie – Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Microsoft announces new technology and resources for people with disabilities. The goal of...
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How Tech is Revolutionizing Care for People With Dementia
By John Ramsay for ItProPortal Innovations in technology are helping support workforces across the globe to become more efficient and...
The Xbox Adaptive Controller is Microsoft’s answer to gamers with limited mobility
By Cal Jeffrey (Techspot) Microsoft just announced a new controller for the Xbox One that will bring accessibility to gaming...
Apple’s Everyone Can Code Curriculum Expanding to Schools Serving Blind and Deaf Students
By: Joe Rossignol (MacRumors Newsletter) Apple announced that its Everyone Can Code curriculum is expanding to schools serving deaf, blind,...
Bringing our accessibility awareness game today and every day
By: Jenny Lay-Flurrie – Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Today we celebrate the seventh annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day and announce...
Microsoft wants to use AI to help people with disabilities
By Devindra Hardawar (Engadget) One of Microsoft’s biggest announcements at Build this year is all about using artificial intelligence for...
How Artificial Intelligence is Improving Assistive Technology
By Matthew Lynch (The Tech Edvocate) The advances in technology could mean more for society than just new educational technology...
13 Chrome Accessibility Tools You Probably Don’t Know About
written by Steph Fiorelli (Promevo) Google is committed to bringing the best tech to all their users, including users with...
This VR exhibit enables the blind to ‘see’ art with haptic gloves
by Joe Rice-Jones (reprint from KnowTechie) Any museum-goer knows the ubiquitous “Do not touch” signs. What if you could though,...
3D Printing Brings Learning to Life Across Subject Areas
By Zuzana Kozinova – (reprint from EmergintEdTech) For generations, students have been expected to absorb huge amounts of information, sometimes...
Assistive tech is progressing faster than ever, and these 7 devices prove it
By Luke Dormehl (Digital Trends) As much as we love our shiny new iPhone X, when it comes to technology...
Robots Bring the Class to the Student
By Michael Gagne, District Administration These days, McKenna Smith is back in the classroom. She’s a high school student in...
From Service Dogs to a Prosthetic Arm, Apple Proposes 13 Disability Emojis
by Kaya Yurieff (CNN Tech) Apple wants emojis to better represent people with disabilities. In a proposal sent to the...
New Technologies Help Seniors Age In Place and Not Feel Alone
by Gabi Redford, Kaiser Health News ...
Summer Camp Time!
IFB Solutions is hosting two residential camps this summer, both aimed at students in grades 8-12 who are blind or...
