Monash University has recently established a new centre for co-designing and developing assistive technology with people with disabilities, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI and robotics.

The first time Esther Klang tried the Atalante X, a self-balancing robotic exoskeleton, she was elated. Klang, who is quadriplegic, works with Fable, an accessibility-testing platform that pairs ...

Audio tools, mobile apps, and vision magnifiers can help people with vision loss navigate their lives. Tools and tech options may help read prescription labels, get the news online, or find out what’s ...

Assistive technology—from visual timers to help students with learning differences keep track of their schedules to digital captioning software for those with hearing difficulties—can improve outcomes ...

Assistive technology is expensive, and many people with disabilities live on fixed incomes. Disabled assistive tech users also must contend with equipment that was often designed without any capacity ...

In a recent episode of Focus on EDU, one special education teacher shared tips for working with parents and integrating tech’s assistive benefits into the classroom. Rebecca Torchia is a web editor ...

Made possible by a $6 million anonymous donation, UofL Health – Frazier Rehabilitation Institute celebrated the opening of the UofL Health – Center for Advanced NeuroRehab – Assistive Technology ...

Assistive technology can address the learning needs of students with disabilities and knock down barriers to inclusion in general education classrooms. But schools often face challenges in providing, ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Assistive technologies in the classroom play a key role in ...

This month, the first ever World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology was released. The WHO estimates one in three of us will need assistive technology, ranging ...

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