Walgreens Makes Aira Free for Customers
Reprint from MassMatch Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest retailers, is the latest to join the Aira Access Network to...
Assistive technology
Let’s Participate!
The Let’s Participate! project, funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, was designed to help infants, toddlers and preschoolers...
4 Expert Tips for Getting Your EdTech Budget Approved
By Alec Sears (Reprint from EmergingEdTech) Experts Weight in on Critical Steps for Getting Those Budget Requests Approved… Proper training...
Apps and Tools That Will Help You Develop an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Reprint from The Tech Edvocate What makes an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) unique is that it is designed for...
Summer travel time is here and… there’s an app for that!
The following are some apps that can help travelers with disabilities smooth the way. Google Maps (iOS and Android) has...
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...
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...
