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  A schoolgirl with cerebral palsy, Tess L. is unable to communicate orally. “I cannot speak, but I understand everything you say.” However, now Tess can communicate verbally, thanks to […]

  Assistive technology professionals in New Jersey are invited to a fun and informative professional event. The Richard West Assistive Technology Advocacy Center (ATAC) of Disability Rights [...]

Inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace enhances the lives of people with disabilities and enables them to participate fully in society is through the Career Development program. [...]

  As it approaches its 200-year anniversary, Braille continues to be a time-proven means of communication. Even more, with many recent innovations in assistive technology, Braille has become [...]

  Looking back and ahead with our favorite disability articles (December 31 & January 1): Advancing Opportunities, we excel in providing residential and respite services to people of [...]

  Back in July, we introduced a new series, Assistive Tech Tuesday. Every week, we have covered an interesting, noteworthy piece of assistive technology. Many of the examples we furnished [...]

From our team to your family, we at Advancing Opportunities would like to take the time to wish you Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and a Happy Chanukkah. Events to celebrate […]

For years, people with speech disabilities have had to write what they needed to say on paper. If those disabilities affected small-motor coordination, writing messages was not even an option. [...]

At Advancing Opportunities, we excel in providing residential and respite services to people of with all disabilities, along with advocacy and education services for parents and guardians and [...]

In this space last week, we presented our story of Tess C. She used her augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to share her delightful sense of humor. Tess’s cerebral palsy […]