AT3 Center News & Tips

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.

Illustration of three black children and the caption, "Then Daddy Wes told them a story in his soft voice, the voice that could tap, tap, tap Mat and Martha gently on their hearts.

January 21, 2020 for Education / Toolkits

Free E-Books for School and Beyond

Do you have a student who needs access to e-books (perhaps to both hear and see text), but does not qualify for Learning Ally or Bookshare?

Cute smiling boy wearing 3D paper glasses seated on ergoergo stool which is a plug shape with accordion folds in yellow plastic.

January 26, 2018 AT Tips / for Education / Program Spotlights / Technology Spotlight

Wiggling is Welcome with the ErgoErgo Stool

Thanks to Melissa McKeon, MS, ORT/L, for this AT success story with Connecticut’s State AT Program

Two museum displays: one of loop jewelry worn on wrist and neck. The other of textured, colorful, stylized prosthetic leg covers

January 22, 2018 Emerging Tech / Technology Spotlight

Access+Ability at the Cooper Hewitt Museum Celebrates and Reframes Assistive Technology

Objects on display are surprisingly novel, commercially-available or prototypes of new innovations, and they inadvertently pose some important questions.

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

December 31, 2017 AT maker movement / Technology Spotlight

3D Printed AT: Where to Get Started?

Thanks to Shawna Hanson of MonTECH, the Montana state AT program, for this post about her foray into the wonderful world of custom printed gadgets!

Webinar. Shows thought bubbles with tech icons.

December 29, 2017 Webinars

Free AT Webinars in January

Free AT webinars from around the web, compiled by the Accessible Technology Coalition.

A little girl standing supported by a wheeled gait-trainer device for walking and flanked by her smiling parents.

December 18, 2017 Program Spotlights

Arizona Helps Toddlers Get Up and Go!

AzTAP’s Up and Go Early Pediatric Mobility Project helps Early Intervention agencies learn mobility strategies, devices and benefits!

Tips for Employment: shows two women behind a desk using assistive technology, one in a wheelchair

December 13, 2017 AT Tips / for Employment

Accommodating Employees with Visual 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.