Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

AT in the news for the week of 10/29 – 11/2 For some with disabilities, gaming fills a basic need Adaptive technology opening possibilities at Bellevue College US Makes New Exemptions To Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provision Crawling Robots to Help Infants with Cerebral Palsy New Hope for Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Survivors MIT […]

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AT:LAST, sometimes referred to as the MAT Coop, recently launched their new website http://www.atlastinc.org/ to highlight their various trainings, events, and purchasing program. AT:LAST provides High quality assistive technology training opportunities Demonstration and loan of a variety of AT devices, software, and apps exemplifying the continuum of products available Consultations and evaluations to meet individual needs or […]

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Web Accessibility and SEO Web accessibility and search engine optimization (SEO) are both about getting relevant content to users. Accessible content and search engine optimized content are both machine readable. Accessibility and SEO best practices are closely aligned. Proper alternative text for images, good heading structure, descriptive link text, descriptive and succinct page titles, ensuring […]

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AT in the news for the week of 10/22-10/26. These are just some of the articles that we recently tweeted about. Read all our posts via the MDTAP Twitter account. Statue Of Liberty Gets Accessibility Upgrade Dotris – a computer game played on a refreshable Braille display Israeli-developed smartphone gives the blind new-found access to […]

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HelpKidzLearn – Two Weeks FREE Trial Offer! HelpKidzLearn is offering a 14 day FREE trial for HelpKidzLearn. You can play ALL of the motivational, fun and accessible games and activities on HelpKidzLearn. HelpKidzLearn from Inclusive Technology is an extensive collection of accessible activities, games and apps that can be accessed using a switch(es), touch screen, […]

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Requiring JavaScript Some advanced web applications would not be possible without JavaScript. Both Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 allow JavaScript to be required so long as the JavaScript content and interactions are compliant and accessible. Whether you should require JavaScript is not really an accessibility question. It is a general usability question. Some users (most […]

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