AT for Employment–Customizing Task Lists
Brought to you by the Work ACCESS team at Georgia Tech (home of Georgia Tools for Life, the GA AT Program).
Free AT Webinars in August
Free AT webinars from around the web, compiled by the Accessible Technology Coalition. Usually a quiet month, this August has 11 free webinars!
LipSync Buildathon adds Cutting-edge Device to PIAT Lending Library!
NextFab members and others assembled devices called LipSyncs: innovative, open-source, sip-and-puff joysticks developed by the Neil Squire Society and funded by the Google Foundation.
New App Describes Visual World
Thanks to John Brandt at MaineCITE for this post on Microsoft’s Seeing AI app for persons with visual impairments. The app is free and part of an ongoing research effort.
Fine Motor Impairments
Thanks to Oklahoma ABLE Tech for this AT Tip for Employment! AT Tips are posted as an adaptable resource for state programs and may be localized and shared.
AT and the Geek Golden Age
The Assistive Technology (AT) Maker Movement has arrived! How might we use it? …
Shop Class and Makers with Disabilities
John Schimmel, co-founder of DIYability, shows how the future of Maker culture includes makers with disabilities designing for themselves…
Free AT Webinars in July
Free AT webinars from around the web, compiled by the Accessible Technology Coalition. This month features ten webinars with a focus on adults and all ages, while teachers get a break.
Hacking Assistive Technology for Lilly
MIT hosted its fourth-annual ATHack-a-thon this spring at their Beaver Works makerspace facility in Cambridge Massachusetts. The event gives MIT students one day to create a prototype solution …
Emerging Tech with AT Potential: SolePower
Our AT3 News & Tips community survey showed a strong interest in emerging technology. Here’s a work boot using new technology – a kinetic charger – that has considerable potential as AT…
ATChat Explores Maker Movement
#ATChat recently explored the AT Maker Movement on Twitter with ATMaker founder Bill Binko. Interested?…
