If you have advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), you may have some challenges in living independently. But there are tools to make life with low vision from AMD easier. Today, assistive ...

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 ...

If you’re concerned about your senior loved one’s independence in daily activities and routines, assistive devices may help. As seniors age, personal care tasks such as getting out of bed and getting ...

Almost a dozen New Orleans charter schools are working together, led by the district, for the first time to better support ...

Background. Inserting peripheral intravenous (PIV) lines into often dehydrated, typically irritable, and universally uncooperative small children is an everyday task for many pediatric nurses. Success ...

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, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ninety percent of participants demonstrated proficiency in the application. Ninety-six percent reported they ...

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 ...

Depending on the sensory processing disorder (SPD), the best assistive devices for specific conditions can range from low-tech options to more advanced ones. Either way, the devices should engage the ...

CANTON – Allyson Purdy has used assistive technology nearly all of her life. The 21-year-old Massillon native is quadriplegic, meaning she does not have the use of her hands or legs. She became ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The STEM Club at Waco ISD’s Tennyson Middle School is learning engineering skills, designing assistive devices for students by using 3-D printers. "Last year, we had two 3-D ...