For and from State and Territory Assistive Technology Act Programs
Thank you to Kim Beckstead and the Utah Assistive Technology (AT) Act Program (UATP) for this wonderful window into learning to live differently with AT. (This guest post was first published at the UATP blog.)
Keep your mobile phone, assistive technology (AT), and medical devices working during this wireless cell service transition. Read this urgent issue brief from AT3 Center.
Short-term device loans are an important service of the State and Territory AT Act Programs and often they are provided with deep knowledge of how the equipment works or can work for their intended user.
Free AT webinars from around the web, compiled by the Assistive Technology Coalition
Too often it’s all just technical. When it comes to Section 508, it’s easy to feel lost in the weeds. Enter AT users speaking for themselves.
Videos are powerful tools for raising assistive technology awareness, but only if they reach persons with hearing and visual impairments, too.
Recently I interviewed an AT Specialist and asked her for a favorite client success story. To my surprise, she immediately recalled providing an adapted pen to a man with ALS.
Free AT webinars from around the web, compiled by the Assistive Technology Coalition
Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller came out in September and already it’s popping up in State AT Program device loan libraries. Ben Jacobs, Accommodations Specialist at GA Tools for Life, and a gamer since childhood, doesn’t mince words about the significance of this release.
It’s 4 degrees and a nor’easter is blowing as your News and Tips editor re-posts this reminder from Courtney Ness Fuchs: “Ice and Snow Won’t Stop Me from Where I Want To Go.” Thanks North Dakota Assistive!
10 devices to know about for eating with pleasure.
To increase efficiency and reduce or eliminate the possibility of harm (e.g. neck/back pain, repetitive stress injury, vision problems), products that are advertised as “ergonomic” may be appealing. Buyer beware!
The Jaco II attaches to a power wheelchair and makes simple daily activities possible: holding a fork or glass, picking up something from the floor, getting a snack from the fridge, whatever a person needs and wants to do.
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