Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

Maryland Health Connection is Maryland’s new health insurance marketplace where individuals and families can go to shop, compare and select a health plan that best meets their needs. With one application, you can find out if you are eligible for financial assistance (tax credits) to help pay for insurance premiums for private insurance, or see […]

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Accessible Technology Coalition (ATC) If you haven’t heard of the AT Coalition, now is the time to learn more. The mission of the AT Coalition is to develop a consumer driven, grassroots program that provides people with disabilities, and those that work with them, accurate answers to their technology questions allowing them to identify appropriate […]

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AT in the news for the week of 9/9 thru 9/13 New Study Says Obamacare Will Boost Consumer Medical Device Market To $10 Billion Aphasia patients in Maywood using pen pals to communicate Giving paralyzed people control and independence Autism, Horses, iPads: New Alternative Treatment Significantly Improves Verbal Skills In Autistic Children Hospital to pay […]

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Evaluation Tools Difficulty: Beginner Category: Validation Web accessibility evaluation has many aspects. No automated evaluation tool can tell you if your site is accessible. A good evaluation tool will guide a person through evaluation of true accessibility. While guidelines and checklists are useful, a site can be compliant to an accessibility guideline, standard, or checklist, […]

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AT in the news for the last two weeks – 8/26 thru 9/6) How-to: Make accessible iBooks with iBooks Author 10 Pieces of Technology Seniors Should Embrace New, FREE Resources Available For People Living With Paralysis And Their Caregivers New technology gives voice to those with speech, language disabilities Everything you Need to Know About […]

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The AFB eLearning Center is pleased to offer the second of an ongoing series of webinars that focus on the use of iPads in the classroom for students with visual and other disabilities. The webinar series is presented by Dr. Betsy Flener who has over 25 years of experience as a teacher and consultant including […]

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