Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

AT in the news for the week of 9/16 – 9/20 10 Ingenious Inventions for People With Disabilities Technologies that guide unmanned vehicles could one day help the blind navigate BYOD in the Classroom Perkins and Philips Combine Bright Ideas to Teach Children with Disabilities A lab without test tubes, but with Stinkyboards Smithsonian To […]

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We Connect Now is a website developed to connect and integrate college students with disabilities in a virtual community with a voice on important issues including college students and access to higher education and employment. The We Connect Now website has been up and serving college students with disabilities since April of 2008. The website […]

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Images Difficulty: Beginner Category: Content Presentation Images can enhance accessibility. The expression “a picture is worth a thousand words” very much applies to accessibility as well. Complex concepts and content can be presented through images, illustrations, charts, graphs, etc. Icons can present complex functionality or information in a very small amount of space. As long […]

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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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