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How Advancing Opportunities Uses Assistive Technology to Support Independence for People with Disabilities

For more than 75 years, Advancing Opportunities has supported individuals with disabilities across New Jersey through services designed to promote independence, participation, and stability in daily ...
Disability Scoop

Ed Department Warns Schools Not To Overlook Assistive Technology In IEPs

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 ...
Disability Scoop

Pediatricians Urged To Promote Wider Use Of Assistive Communication Devices

Physicians are being told to play a bigger role in ensuring that children with disabilities have access to needed augmentative and alternative communication technologies. In a clinical report out this ...
Berkshire Eagle

Closing the Technology Gap for Kids with Disabilities.

UCP of Western MA announced that families who meet established need criteria may now apply to receive funding for assistive technology to help children with disabilities lead more independent lives in ...
The Conversation

From glasses to mobility scooters, ‘assistive technology’ isn’t always high‑tech. A WHO roadmap could help 2 million Australians get theirs

This month, the first ever World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology was released. The WHO estimates one in three of us will need assistive technology, ranging ...