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On September 5, we discussed the Clarity P300 phone, which has useful features for users with visual and auditory disabilities. That device is an old-fashioned corded phone for users who […]

Fred Tchang, Director of Advancing Opportunities’ Assistive Technology Services Department will be presenting a workshop at the New Jersey Association of Community Providers’ 34th [...]

  This month, we featured two testimonials of blind clients who were able to pursue their ambitions with the help of Assistive Technology, featuring Wayne K. and Steve R. This […]

Large-print books and audio recordings, very helpful to people with dyslexia, have been available for a while. More recently, however, such assistive technology has become increasingly [...]

Two brothers from Ohio were the first to escape the surly bonds of Earth with a powered, controllable airplane. The creator of Britain’s most successful independent airline by far, Virgin […]

    A lifelong athlete, Steve R. developed blindness in his later years. And assistive technology enabled Steve to continue his enthusiasm for sports: baseball, football, boxing, [...]

  Last week in this space, we mentioned that October is a busy time for disability awareness. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). It is also Blindness [...]

    When Rita Skeeter, dressed in “acid-green” robes, asked the title character in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire about how he felt facing a dragon, our hero […]

Stephanie is deaf, fluent in American Sign Language. Before today’s video chat technology, Stephanie relied on TTY, but that system relied on English, whose grammar, vocabulary, and usage are [...]

    Please watch this space on Monday for a feature on Deaf Awareness Week, September 18 through 24.   At Advancing Opportunities, we excel in providing residential and respite [...]