Assistive technology is one of the key issues in special education today. It helps students with learning debilities, all the way to severe traumatic brain injury. All of the Assistive technology has ...

Assistive technology is vital for the disability community, ranging from a pencil grip for individuals who struggle with fine motor skills to a speech-generating device used by individuals with ...

Disability activists have sometimes claimed their disability has actually increased their well-being. Some even say they would reject a cure to keep these gains. Yet, these same activists often ...

The Assistive Technology Lab (ATL) provides students with a wide variety of assistive technologies to meet their information access and computing needs. These include stand-alone equipment, adaptive ...

The Internet and assistive technology have the incredible power to level the playing field for people with disabilities. To advance digital equity means to provide vital connections to friends, family ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. Adding to that focus is the range of programs and incentives ...

The “MacGyver” approach lets disabled users reimagine their tech ...

Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) are emerging as transformative tools that enable direct communication between the human brain and external devices. With recent advancements in Electroencephalography ...

Connor Archer still has a 2004 Mac iBook G4 laptop computer in his office. He doesn’t use it, but he thinks about it daily. Archer was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and remained nonverbal until 5.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers are developing software in a “haptic device” that could give people with visual impairments the ability to identify scientific images on a computer ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that over 2.5 billion people worldwide use assistive devices, and that number is likely to rise as the older population grows. Older people face unique ...

Stephen Hawking is probably the first name that comes to mind when text to speech (TTS) voice assistive technology is mentioned. Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease known as amyotrophic ...