{"id":3478,"date":"2016-06-10T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2016-06-10T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:41:19","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-61016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 6\/10\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need help processing some emotions, or solving some problems, or telling the color of something or whatever else, there&#8217;s a whole lotta apps to help with that. Seriously, just read the headlines below! 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Here you go!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/medina\/index.ssf\/2016\/06\/tech_connect_program_brings_se.html\">Tech Connect program brings seniors and people with disabilities together<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitcentral.eu\/british-journal-healthcare-computing\/welsh-health-board-develop-app-brain-injury-patients#.V1cedm0XltE.twitter\">Welsh Health Board to develop app for brain injury patients<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.west-info.eu\/toys-helping-parents-with-disabilities-connect-with-their-children\/\">Toys helping parents with disabilities connect with their children<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/feat\/archives\/2016\/06\/07\/2003648055\">Finding fulfillment in the potential of others<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leader.pubs.asha.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2525884\">Try these apps to help clients process emotion &amp; solve problems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/kim-lawther\/virtual-reality-can-make-independence-for-disabled-people-a-reality_b_10275246.html\">Virtual Reality Can Make Independence For Disabled People a Reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toptechnews.com\/article\/index.php?story_id=012001D1F1JC\">Beijing Tracks the Elderly as They Take Buses, Go Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/may\/27\/and-on-the-mimu-gloves-the-ingenious-devices-helping-disabled-musicians-to-play-again?CMP=share_btn_tw\">And on the MiMu gloves \u2026 the ingenious devices helping disabled musicians to play again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetower.org\/3452oc-israeli-startups-get-google-grants-to-develop-accessibility-technology-for-the-disabled\/\">Israeli Startups Get Google Grants to Develop Accessibility Technology for the Disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.siliconindia.com\/technology\/Robots-Carry-Out-Work-More-Safely-With-Assistive-Technology-Study-nid-195912-cid-2.html\">Robots Carry Out Work More Safely With Assistive Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3478\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need help processing some emotions, or solving some problems, or telling the color of something or whatever else, there&#8217;s a whole lotta apps to help with that. 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