Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

• Were family friendly?
• Taught me about AAC devices and vocabularies?
• Showed me how to use the communication device across home, school, and clinic?
• Walked me through the funding process?

The AT3 Center is committed to helping AT Act Programs broaden their reach to serve diverse populations, including unserved and underserved communities. With this goal in mind, we are releasing a series of AT-related documents translated into Spanish and other languages to help you in your outreach efforts.

The AT Category Series — 13 documents —  is now available in Mexican Spanish under the resources tab, AT Awareness Resources, on the AT3 Center website.   Additionally, the AT3 Center is happy to provide both the English and the Spanish language translations of the AT Category Series in Word format so that you can add your own AT Program logo to the documents. The Word format versions are linked at the bottom of this announcement.

Spanish Translations

• Computer Access Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Daily Living Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Environmental Adaptions and Controls Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Hearing Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Learning, Cognition & Development, Math Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Learning, Cognition & Development, Organization Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Learning, Cognition & Development, Reading Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Learning, Cognition & Development, Writing Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Recreation Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Seating, Positioning & Mobility Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Speech Communication Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Vehicle Modifications Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)
• Vision Assistive Technology (Spanish Version)

Spanish translations along with the English publications are located in the AT Awareness Resources page of the AT3 website. 

Through the Looking Glass in Berkeley, CA is looking for assistive technology specialists and rehabilitation engineers to complete a survey as part of our NIDILRR-funded Field Initiated Project “Increasing Adaptive Babycare Resources and Intervention Supports with Parents and Caregivers with Physical or Vision Disabilities.” Knowledge gained from these surveys will be used to 1) enhance our web-based resource on services and equipment to support parenting and 2) improve online resources and other educational materials for professionals.

Rehabilitation engineers and assistive technology professionals who have provided any assessment or intervention services to adults with physical or vision disabilities are eligible to participate. The survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete.

TAKE SURVEY

To learn more about Through the Looking Glass, you can check out our website at  or follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Maryland ABLE is excited to announce a webinar offered by the National Association of State Treasurer’s ABLE Savings Plans Network (ASPN) with guest speakers from the Social Security Administration.

Explore resources to assist you in creating a disability-inclusive tax program.

National Disability Institute (NDI) has developed dozens of NEW resources to help free tax preparation service organizations engage taxpayers with disabilities this tax season and beyond. 

Tax preparation is a way to engage taxpayers with disabilities, low-income individuals and families in a larger conversation about financial wellness and economic advancement. NDI continues to work to increase Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) awareness and to build the capacity of tax coalitions to better serve the disability community both in-person and online. Empowering individuals with knowledge of certain tax deductions, income exclusions and credits they may qualify for is an essential key to overcoming financial barriers.

NDI’s Tax Resources