According to the WHO, around 2.5 billion people require assistive devices daily. This number is expected to rise to 3.5 billion by 2050. Assistive technology for disabilities benefits individuals with ...

With new guidance, the U.S. Department of Education is pushing schools to ensure that all students with disabilities have the assistive technology they need and the supports to use it effectively. The ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public schools have been working to strengthen literacy among students, and a Staten Island school is going above and beyond to ensure its students with ...

In today’s schools, technology is used daily by teachers and students to explore, collect data, research, organize, read, write, and communicate--all in an effort to enhance learning. Although many ...

Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Christina Conner from Children’s Assistive Technology Service (C.A.T.S.) shares how the organization provides mobility devices to children living with disabilities, sourced from ...

A story in Voice of America reporting that students with disabilities are praising assistive technology that uses AI notes that the National Science Foundation is providing financial support for AI ...

In a unified push to make assistive products for children with disabilities more available, affordable and appropriate, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was joined by governments, partners, ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Dr. Chad Dillard from Children’s Assistive Technology Service (CATS) joins Coast Live to discuss the organization's work to provide different devices to children living with ...

Marci Straughter, a 44-year-old woman with hydrocephaly and epilepsy, uses a GPS device called AngelSense to live more independently. AngelSense provides a sense of safety and security, allowing ...

THEY HAVE TOOLS TO HELP. MANY OF US USE TOOLS TO MAKE EVERYDAY TASKS A LITTLE EASIER, AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING OR HAVE DISABILITIES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. HELLO ...