It has been quite a week for all of us here in Baltimore City – anger, shock, and sadness. But that won’t stop us from doing what we love and sharing amazing news from all around the country. We believe in progress through technology, through innovation, through inclusion, through social justice, through cooperation and coordination. This week’s AT News Wrap Up exemplifies what happens when people innovate and work together for change. May we all experience this – from where we live to how we live. AT in the news for the week of April 27 thru May 1.
Colored Pencils Developed for Easy Chemical-based Diagnostic Testing
A Study to Evaluate the BrainPort Vision Device in Individuals Blinded by Traumatic Injury
This Student-Made Black Box Is Teaching Braille to Blind Children in India and Zambia
3 Boys Saved by Customized Airway Tube Made On 3–D Printer
Teen Inventor Launches iC LovedOnes
NYU Ability Lab hosts three-month tech challenge
From braille to iPad: a new app enables the blind to learn online
New video phone allows deaf to communicate
This app lets those with paralysed arms uses smartphones
Games for the blind: making mobile fun accessible to everyone
Silicon Valley Finds it Harder to Ignore the Blind
Interesting facts about Samuel Morse and the Morse code
Assistive tech could make independent living more than just empty rhetoric
Reddit thread reveals what it’s like to have a disability