A Blind Student Sees Success
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 […]
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Posted With the Right Software, Abby Engages in Her Love of Learning
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 [...]
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Posted With a Dream and Determination, Wayne Kean Builds a Business: Assistive Technology Is There to Help
October is a busy time for awareness months. This article covers the use of assistive technology in three of these contexts: Disability Employment Awareness Month, Blindness Awareness [...]
How to Play Your Dragon… For Full Participation and Independence
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 Communicates with Greater Confidence
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 [...]
Meet the Talkables: Communication Made Easier
Last week, we presented Partner/Plus, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device for the youngest users, who have not yet mastered the complexities of using this technology. This [...]
Getting to Know the Miracle of Living with Deaf-Blindness
We all know about Helen Keller, notably through the astonishing performance by Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker. Helen Keller is the most famous deaf-blind person; her name […]
We’ll Be at the Facets of Dyslexia Conference
Advancing Opportunities’ Assistive Technology Services Department is proud to sponsor Cooper Learning Center’s Fourth Annual Facets of Dyslexia Conference on Saturday, April 29, 2017. [...]