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  There are adaptive keyboards to provide computer access to users with nearly any disability. Last week, we featured the VisionBoard. Also from AbleNet is the BigBlu KinderBoard, which [...]

  A few weeks ago, we reported on news of a patent Microsoft filed for an adaptive controller that will provide blind and visually impaired gamers access to the popular […]

  With World Multiple Sclerosis Day coming on Monday, May 27, let’s look at a special hands-free mouse useful for persons with that condition and other physical disabilities. The SmartNav, [...]

    Last year at this time, Microsoft made headlines when it introduced the Xbox Adaptive Controller. The device made the pleasures of gaming accessible to players whose physical [...]

  Here’s the irony: Computers offer people with disabilities access to many things in the world. However, their disabilities may impede their access to those very computers. That’s why input [...]

    There are those who have a voice but need assistance projecting it, that others can hear it. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices (often associated with speech [...]

  As we continue our Assistive Tech Tuesday mini-series drawing on the theme of World Autism Awareness Day 2019, “Assistive Technologies. Active Participation.” The focus has been on [...]

  For many individuals, augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) devices are the most important form of assistive technology. After all, being able to communicate with others is at the [...]

  Yes, it’s a word processor. But is much, much more. With this year’s theme for World Autism Awareness Day focusing on assistive technology, it is worth looking at Clicker […]

    It’s one of the most recognizable symbols; yet, it represents a complete mystery. A jigsaw puzzle is made up of many interlocking pieces. Each piece is a different […]