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This has been a week full of not-so-good news (you know what I’m talking about). So, I’m here to cheer you up and take your mind off so many sad & seemingly impending things. Smart shoes for the blind, remote coaching for parents, customized chopsticks, taking exams using blink-technology, and so much more. It’s a good, wide world out there – let’s refocus and read up on some of the coolest stuff happening!

AT in the news for the week of 8/4 thru 8/8.

New technology brings sight to deaf & hard of hearing of theater goers

MIT Students Design Functional, Fashionable Clothing for Disabled

Visually-impaired kids get into game at Camp Abilities

Met + Parsons Museum Accessibility Collaboration Workshop

Smartshoes for the visually challenged could help curb isolation among that group

Why game accessibility matters

New prosthetic arm controlled by neural messages

Find Out How Remote Coaching Helps Parents Deliver Autism Therapies

Developing and using a Caregiver’s Calendar

Disabled teen sailing 400 miles – in boat she controls by puffing down tube

Talkitt App Clears Garbled Speech of People with Disabilities

National Federation of the Blind Endorses Online Ballot Marking

San Francisco Airport Testing Assistive Technology For The Blind

Super cheap Smart Home kit brings automation to the masses

One Man’s Mission To Design Better Chopsticks For People w/ Disabilities

Woman with locked-in syndrome earns degree by blinking through exams

4 apps to help the visually impaired in school

An app that lets blind people read

In shipyards in Korea, robot exoskeletons are giving workers superstrength

Digital Reading System Helps The Blind Read Graphs

FCC Approves New Rules to Ensure Accessibility of Online Video Clips for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Data from cameras & ultrasonic sensors is sent to tablet that provides audible directions

Quadriplegic Former Firefighter Uses New Technology to Communicate

Robotic pets for seniors part of wave of assistive technology

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