Google Maps Will Now Show Wheelchair Accessible Places
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/5/26 14:35:00) 
There’s good news for wheelchair users. On May 21, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Google announced that Google Maps will now show places that are wheelchair accessible, and users will be able ...

Ropox Incorporates Universal Design In Making Homes Accessible For Everyone
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/5/13 14:39:17) 
We all love to make our homes as comfortable for ourselves as possible. When we come back from work, for example, we like to unwind and destress. For many of us, spending time in the kitchen can be t ...

Researchers Developing Fanny Pack Exoskeleton To Improve Walking In Children With Cerebral Palsy
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/5/4 14:41:45) 
Benjamin Conner, a researcher at the University of Arizona, and his team are working on developing new ways children with Cerebral Palsy can train their brains to learn effective ways to walk, ultima ...

Researchers Develop Handheld 3D Printer To Repair Skeletal Muscle Injuries
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/4/27 14:18:54) 
A group of biomedical engineers, led by associate professor Dr. Ali Tamayol from the University of Connecticut, has developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that can be potentially used to help repair and ...

T-Pull Door Closer Makes Opening & Closing Doors Easy For People With Disabilities
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/4/13 13:59:40) 
T-Pull Door Closer Makes Opening & Closing Doors Easy For People With Disabilities For able bodied people, opening and closing a door is something that is never considered a chore. It’s eas ...

Student Creates Face Mask For Hearing Impaired
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/4/6 14:41:41) 
During this Coronavirus distress, wearing face masks has become imperative. Initially, it was only for healthcare workers and doctors but now everyone is being encouraged to cover their faces when th ...

Making Authentic Friendships Connects People With Disabilities Together And Helps Them Develop Friendships
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/3/25 13:49:42) 
As we get older, we realize that making friends is not easy. To make things worse, a pandemic, like the one we are experiencing today (caused by Coronavirus), absolutely shuts down any possibilities ...

French Musician Pone Produces Music Album Using Only Eye Gaze Technology
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/3/9 12:24:25) 
Guilhem Gallart, who goes by Pone, is a 45 year old French hip hop artist who has made some amazing music in the ’90s. In 2015, Pone was diagnosed with ALS, and since then has been a tetraplegi ...

Socially Assistive Robots Can Help Children With Autism Improve Social Skills
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/3/2 13:39:32) 
For children with Autism, speech and behavioral therapy is recommended early on to bring improvements in their development caused by social, emotional and communication challenges. Many of these chil ...

SignVote.Org Helps Deaf Voters Participate In Election Process
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/2/19 13:42:12) 
In order to inform, educate and engage deaf voters in the community to participate without any frustrations, and ultimately increase voter engagement, the Communication Service for the Deaf recently ...

Generating Real Time Captions Using Microsoft Power Point
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/2/17 5:59:48) 
Have you ever been in a situation where you are presenting to an audience with deaf or hard of hearing folks and you don’t have a sign language interpreter available? If you have access to a co ...

Color Changing Smart Bandage Can Heal Bacterial Infection
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/2/4 14:04:29) 
Researchers in China have invented a smart bandage that kills bacteria and heals wounds while visually showing how it’s doing it. The bandage, that is green in color, turns yellow if it detects ...

Freedom Wing Is A Video Game Adapter That Allows Playing Games With Wheelchair Joystick
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/2/3 13:33:47) 
Innovation doesn’t cease to amaze us, does it? Continuing similar creativity that this dad came up with for his daughter, the AbleGamers Charity, along with AT Makers, has come up with an adapt ...

Virtual Reality Makes Children With Autism Comfortable With New Places
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/1/27 6:15:02) 
You may have seen or heard about Virtual Reality recently – mostly about how real and entertaining it can be. A specialist care facility in Berkshire, England is taking advantage of VR and usin ...

Father Builds Adaptive Controller For Nintendo Switch Using XBox Adaptive Controller
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/1/22 5:17:46) 
Rory Steel, a UK resident and father of two children with hereditary spastic paraplegia that affects their motor skills , has created an amazing accessible controller that makes playing complex games ...

Karmzah Is A Super Hero With Cerebral Palsy
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/1/13 3:38:12) 
Representation matters. Farida Bedwei, a software engineer and entrepreneur from Ghana, is the creator behind Karmzah, a crime fighting archaeologist with Cerebral Palsy who uses assistive devices to ...

Y-Brush Could Help People With Disabilities Maintain Oral Hygiene With Ease
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/1/7 13:52:09) 
A new oral device in the market, Y-Brush, may be able to help people with disabilities and seniors maintain daily oral hygiene. Created by the French company FasTeesH, Y-Brush is a flexible retainer ...

Chord Assist Makes Learning Guitar Accessible
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/1/2 13:42:26) 
Today’s technology is known to make a lot of things possible that we thought weren’t even until a few years ago. With a little technical know how, developers recently have built amazing t ...

Project Understood: Teaching Google To Understand People With Down Syndrome & Speech Impairment
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/12/11 13:34:50) 
Since the inception of voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home, a lot more products have voice assistants built in now – be it smartphones, headphones, various devices around the hous ...

Dot Watch: Braille Smart Watch For Blind & Deaf-Blind People
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/12/9 7:26:18) 
It didn’t take long for the watch, which, for the longest time, had just one purpose (of telling time!), to go smart. For a smart watch, telling time is just one of the hundreds (if not thousan ...

Avaz Reader Helps Children With Dyslexia Read At Their Own Pace
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/18 13:34:39) 
MDA Avaz Reader, built in association with the Madras Dyslexia Association, is an app that helps and encourages children with Dyslexia to read independently by offering various features and techniqu ...

Simple Smartphone – An Easier Way to Stay Connected
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/12 14:00:12) 
Whether the text is too small, the meaning of the icons are hard to identify and remember, or one finds themself making accidental calls because of the complexity of modern smartphones, Simple Smartp ...

UNO Braille is Here!
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/7 14:39:45) 
Mattel and the National Federation of the Blind have partnered together to create the first ever Braille edition of UNO®. Now, both sighted, blind and low vision people can play together! UNO Braill ...

See this Poop-Scooper Robot in Action
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/4 13:34:40) 
Nobody likes picking up poop, but for some people with disabilities, this activity can be difficult or impossible. With Beetl Robotic’s Poop-Scooper prototype, this challenge may soon be a thin ...

3 Companies Making Wheelchair-Centric Halloween Costumes to Wow You!
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/26 17:53:10) 
Seriously MAGIC Wheelchairs The nonprofit, Magic Wheelchair, is an organization that “builds epic costumes for kiddos in wheelchairs — at no cost to families.” Founder, Ryan Weimer, fir ...