Assistive Computer Technology for Persons with Disabilities The personal computer (PC) can be the backbone of independence for millions of individuals with sensory, physical, and learning disabilities. Computers and information technology can be...

Assistive Technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices and the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence for people with disabilities by enabling them to...

There is a continued need to provide information about the availability of assistive technology, advances in improving accessibility and functionality of assistive technology, and appropriate methods to secure and utilize assistive technology in order to maximize the independence and participation of individuals with...

In today's workplace, assistive devices can enable people with disabilities to do the job! Can technology help a person with a disability get and keep a job? Chances are, there is a technological innovation out there that can. Technology is no longer...

Cynthia Ice is blind and lives in the suburbs, so shopping on the Internet can make her routine easier. But it also leads her into odd dead ends _ like the time a technical shift in a Web grocery site made its meat department inaccessible...

Five years ago the staff at Ken Gan's auto repair shop told him they needed to find a better way of communicating with customers who were deaf."I said, let me go shopping — I'll buy you whatever's out there," said Gan, of Rochester, N.Y., which...