ConnSENSE Holiday Gift Guide 2024
The holidays are here! Find creative, engaging, educational and fun gifts ideas!! Check out these great gift giving resources! Adults:...
The holidays are here! Find creative, engaging, educational and fun gifts ideas!! Check out these great gift giving resources! Adults:...
AT Access AT Access is a project at Georgia Tech’s Center for Inclusive Design & Innovation. The purpose is to help...
Due to inaccessibility, work can be more challenging for people with disabilities—but it doesn’t have to be. Providing suitable accommodations...
WRITTEN BY Ellery Weil – Bio ; For Edumed Assistive technology can be a huge help for students with a variety...
Call Scotland has just come out with a new updated app wheel! The new iPad Wheel of Apps for Learners...
Through a grant from DoSomething.Org, Accessible Chef was able to test out adaptive cooking tools. Many tools available from national chain,...
By Brianna Hughes, MA, CCC-SLP for aaccessible.org (Check out their website for great AAC resources and information) So you’ve got...
By Jamie Martin for Understood.org Many assistive technology tools are available for free online. You may have heard that assistive...
By Brian Morris For LifeZest Where to buy adaptive clothing for people with disabilities People with disabilities have long endured...
Smart home technology can make it possible to live with greater independence, autonomy, safety, security, and joy! This guide has...
It’s that time of year again! Looking for creative, engaging, educational and fun gifts ideas? Check out these resources! A...
Enable text suggestions for inclusive classrooms! Empower students to articulate their thoughts by enabling text suggestions on their device. As students type,...
By: Emily Scharff, Product Manager, Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility and Madan Kompalli Product Manager, Speech Captions make online content...
Thanks to “Say It With Symbols” for these resources. Check out their website at Find free Adult Picture Communication Boards,...
By: Kathryn Helland For the AAC Community At long last, apps are available that take advantage of Apple’s True Depth camera to...

The A. J. Pappanikou Center is a disability research and training program located on the campus of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut. The Center is one of a national network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD) authorized by the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and funded through the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
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My Voice, My Story: Real-Life AAC Experiences: Apr. 22, 2026; 3:00 pm EST
Spring 2026 Demo Days: Day 1 – AT for Education & Learning: May 6, 2026; 3:00 pm EST
Spring 2026 Demo Days: Day 2 – AT for Blind & Low Vision and AT for Physical Access & Participation: May 13, 2026; 3:00 pm EST
Spring 2026 Demo Days: Day 3 – AT for AAC: May 20, 2026; 3:00 PM EST
Introducing Symbla – Widgit’s New Interactive Learning App: April 22, 2026; 4:00 pm (UK Time)
Small steps with AI: Say it, Read it, Believe it: May 13, 2026; 4:00 pm (Uk Time)
CEC (Council for Exceptional Children)
Navigating Access and Inclusion: Distinguishing Between Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning: Apr. 14, 2026; 4:30 PM EST
Disciplining students with disabilities: Uncommonly serious errors made by teachers and administrators: Apr. 29, 2026; 4:00 PM (EDT)
Progress Monitoring for Math, Reading, & Writing: May 6, 2026; 5:00 PM (EDT)
Identity Development for Today’s DHH Children in Mainstream Settings: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go from Here?: May 13, 2026; 5:00 PM (EDT)
Achieving Systematic Writing Instruction: The Science of Writing Part 3: Apr. 14, 2026; 6:00 pm EDT
Building Early Literacy Skills for Nonverbal Children: Every Voice Counts: Apr. 23, 2026; 2:00 pm EDT
Creative Early Learning Art Projects Across the Seasons: Nature’s Palette: Apr. 30, 2026; 2:00 pm EDT
Practical Strategies to Support K–2 Learners’ Fine Motor and Executive Function Skills: May 18, 2026; 4:00 pm EDT
Free Assistive Technology Brain Dump – How Many Free Tools Can We Talk About in One Hour?: Apr, 22, 2026; 12 pm (EST)
How to Stay Up-To-Date with Assistive Technology – Share Your Modes of Professional Development: May 13, 2026; 12 pm (EST)
Overcoming barriers to communication with your child’s IEP team: Apr 15, 2026; 01:00 PM EST
How to do an IEP document review: Apr 21, 2026; 1:00 PM EST
Tech for Teens: LED Lightsaber Build: May 2, 2026; 10:00 am EST
SETC (Special Education Technology Center)
Meaningful Inclusion of Students with Significant Support Needs & Complex Communication Needs (CCN): Apr. 21,2026; 4:00 pm PST
AAC Open Mic Office Hours: Apr. 27, 2026; 11:00 PST
AAC Collaboration Corner: Understanding Multimodal Communication: May 7, 2026;11:30 AM PST
DAAC Collaboration Corner: Free AAC Resources: Idea Exchange: June 4, 2026; 11:30 AM PST
Certification Pop-Up: April 16, 2026; 12pm EST
Tech Tuesday with Quantum/Stealth: May 26, 2026; 3pm EST
AT Fundamentals Course: June 2, 2026; 3pm EST
Tech Tuesday with Doorbotics: June 23, 2026; 3pm EST
Tech Tuesday with Rifton: July 28, 2026; 3pm EST