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A plastic hand and wrist wearing a heavy black buckle with a metal disc to one side. Boxes labled Sunu are in the background. A poster displays the device with an iPhone and a Sunu app displayed.
February 11, 2020 Events / Technology Spotlight

ATIA 2020 Gadget Roundup

7 tools and toys exhibited at the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) expo (plus two that should have been there).

Two smiling members of the Roaring Riptide robotics team of Florida University, an African-American young woman and a Caucasian young man. An additional teammate stands to the side working on a large toy car. All are behind a display table in an expo hall.
February 5, 2020 AT maker movement / Events

Maker Spirit Thrives at ATIA 2020

The boundary between who is using, designing and making assistive technology (AT) has always been porous.

A little girl holding an adapted toy animal presses a CD switch to activate it while her mother looks on smiling.
November 6, 2019 AT maker movement / Events / Program Spotlights

Another Kind of Santa’s Workshop

The South Carolina AT Program is getting ready to bring smiles to families and children with disabilities, one switch-adapted toy at a time!

Two cafe table with table clothes display a sign with letters made from different materials for building (pvc pipe, tape, foam, etc). It reads Make AT Cafe. Flanking the words are smiling silly headshots supported by mounting solutions for tablets.
October 19, 2018 AT maker movement / Events

A Dream Realized – Assistive Technology Makers’ Fair 2018

The AT maker movement took a decisive step forward last month when leaders came together to share projects and approaches and remind us all to keep thinking outside the marketplace!

Maker work space with people working at a wooden table. Behind them above on the wall are the words, Create, Tinker, Fail. A Makers Making Change poster is discernable as well. Superimposed is the Assistive Technology Makers' Fair logo with AT in a gear and scissors cutting out the perimeter.
June 29, 2018 AT maker movement / Events

Register Now for the AT Makers’ Fair!

This is a terrific opportunity to learn from AT maker-movement leaders and get hands-on (while earning CEUs)!

A young man and woman working on a toy Jeep in a busy exhibit hall.
February 12, 2018 AT maker movement / Events

ATIA 2018 Embraces the Assistive Technology (AT) Maker Movement

At the back of the exposition hall, 3D printers hummed, corrugated plastic was folded and taped, and soldering irons lent a whiff of molten alloy to the air.

A collage of 6 images showing AT makers and hackers. First row: a woman smiling and holding up her low-tech creations, a group of numbered tools and materials, a woman kneeling smiling with her fabricated pediatric seat. Bottom row: a man soldering, a smiling young boy in a cardboard seat, a group of teens hacking plush toys.
January 3, 2018 AT maker movement / Events

Save the Date: AT Makers for All is Coming to NH September 29th, 2018!

Mark your calendar! Spend the day learning all about AT making from maker thought-leaders at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH

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