Weetbe Transparent Mask Comes With Filters, Is Anti-Fog And Has A Snap On Fan Module
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/9/23 6:30:30) 
Six months into the pandemic, one thing that has become a way of life for all of us around the world is wearing a mask when we are out and about. Masks come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and styles, ...

AgrAbility Virtual State Fair To Provide Resources and Information For Farmers With Disabilities Nationwide In October 2020
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/9/21 5:49:10) 
During the month of October, AgrAbility projects from some 20 states nationwide will join together to participate in an AgrAbility Virtual State Fair (AgrAbility VSF) online to provide resources and ...

Tri Cane Is A Cane That Doubles As A Stool
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/9/14 5:31:13) 
Many of us love to walk – be it as urban dwellers in the busy streets of a major city, in a park, or on an uneven hiking trail. Walking not only has many health benefits, but it is also good fo ...

Alexa for Residential Will Bring Smart Home Experience To Rental Properties
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/9/7 6:50:58) 
Very soon, entire buildings and communities will have the potential to become “Alexa enabled” and enable renters and community members have the smart home experience without having to painstaking ...

ACEing Autism Is Offering Tennis Clinic To Children On The Autism Spectrum
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/31 14:03:39) 
The North Haven, CT chapter of ACEing Autism , a not for profit that specializes in providing fundamental tennis lessons to children on the Autism spectrum, is offering a six week tennis clinic this ...

Lego Braille Bricks For Students With Visual Impairment Launched In Seven Countries
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/24 14:21:48) 
Remember the Braille Bricks project Lego piloted last year? Those Braille Bricks have finally officially launched in seven countries – Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, UK and USA. Brai ...

Fort Collins Startup Builds Smart Mouthware That Controls Computer And Phone With Tongue
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/17 14:33:03) 
JJ Moritz and Matt Schultz have created an orthodontic retainer that allows a user to control their phone or computer with their tongue. The engineers began working full time on this project in Novem ...

[In]Brace Is A Wearable That Allows Controlling Devices With Your Tongue
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/10 14:40:29) 
For her master’s thesis, Dorothy Clasen created a wearable that just might revolutionize how people with paraplegia and ALS interact within their environments. The wearable device, called [In]Brace ...

Elevator Pitch: A Short Movie Highlights The Need For Accessibility In Public Transit Systems
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/5 6:43:30) 
Every major city provides public transportation to its residents but how many really care about making there stations accessible for disabled people? The lack of accessibility in particularly one cit ...

New Research Finds Two Drugs That Can Possibly Stop Macular Degeneration From Spreading
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/8/3 14:59:02) 
Today, there is no approved drug in the market that stops or prevents macular degeneration in older people. That is most likely going to change in the future, looking at a research going on in the UK ...

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Donates Nearly $10M in Crisis Funding to Spinal Cord Injury Communities and Critical Research
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/7/27 6:03:01) 
The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation , the largest private funder of spinal cord injury research, education, clinical training and programmatic support in the U.S. and Canada, announced on July 23rd that ...

Students Create Virtual Summer Camp For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/7/13 14:38:25) 
The show must go on – even if we are in the middle of a pandemic! All it takes is coming up with new ways of doing things . University of St. Thomas undergraduate students in St. Paul, MN have ...

The Last Of Us Part II Is Perhaps The Most Accessible Game Ever Made With More Than 60 Accessibility Settings
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/6/29 14:56:50) 
Have you heard of the game “The Last of Us Part II” yet? Released this month on the 19th on PlayStation 4, this game is already a huge success. The successor of The Last of Us Part 1, which recei ...

Vermont DMV Introduces Visor Cards For Deaf Drivers
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/6/22 14:18:54) 
Deaf or hard of hearing people in Vermont now have a new way of communicating with police officers when they are pulled over. Hard of hearing Vermont residents will now be able to carry a 4 x 9 card ...

Apple TV Show See Has Blind Actors And Blindness Consultant
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/6/8 12:34:00) 
See is a science fiction drama show on Apple TV Plus. You might consider it to be just another show to land in our laps that tells a dramatic tale with flavors of action, suspense and intrigue, but o ...

Puzzle Game Tint Combines Colors And Patterns For Color Blind Players
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2020/5/28 14:56:56) 
Tint is a beautiful and fun game on Apple Arcade that involves mixing colors to achieve milestones and finish puzzles. Since colors play the most important role in this game, it means that anyone pla ...

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 ...