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 ...

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 ...

Assistive technology can address the learning needs of students with disabilities and knock down barriers to inclusion in general education classrooms. But schools often face challenges in providing, ...

Michele McDonnall receives funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Grant number 90RTEM0007 provided funding for the research discussed in ...

Assistive technology is expensive, and many people with disabilities live on fixed incomes. Disabled assistive tech users also must contend with equipment that was often designed without any capacity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accessibility features in mainstream technology are not as reliable as those in dedicated assistive devices.

By Sarah Kekeli AkunorA few years ago, as a young woman with wild hopes and dreams, when I began losing my sight, I feared that my world would become smaller. Simple things like reading a document, ...