Assistive technology is any item, piece of equipment, technology, or software that is used to increase or maintain the functional capabilities for people with disabilities or diagnosed conditions.

Students with complex communication needs are finding their voices in Bucks County classrooms, thanks to innovative assistive ...

At 15, when a neurological condition took Tobias Weinberg's ability to speak, aspects of his personality became more ...

Assistive technologies are no longer confined to physical aids or specialized hardware. The study identifies a broad ...

Stephen Hawking is probably the first name that comes to mind when text to speech (TTS) voice assistive technology is mentioned. Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease known as amyotrophic ...

Give teams of RIT students a design challenge, a 10-week deadline, and real clients in need of practical solutions, and they will rise to the occasion. Now in its 10th year, the interdisciplinary and ...

Miami University students Matthew Sweet, Oscar Avila, Ethan Peters, and Vivek Gupte have developed SafeStep, a wearable navigation system designed to support blind and low-vision (BLV) individuals.

SMK Orkid Desa special educational needs (SEN) teacher Siti Ainulmursyida Shamsudin is a changemaker. Instead of being discouraged by the lack of facilities, she worked to build an ecosystem that ...

Why, she wondered, had this essential device barely changed since 1921?That question became the seed of an invention that would transform her life. What started as a teenager’s curiosity grew into ...

Adaptive equipment, a fully accessible van and a robot that helps students with disabilities connect with their classmates will all be on hand for the New Hampshire Department of Education’s fifth ...