Wanted: Your Favorite Assistive Technology
We'd love to read and publish your words of affection for your favorite devices.
The Power of a Wheelchair (and Reuse Programs)
A power wheelchair was recently donated to REquipment, the durable medical equipment (DME) reuse program in Massachusetts. Inside the pocket was an anonymous note intended for the next user.
Angela Madsen Loved Life (and her AT)
Thank you, Ability Tools (the California AT Program) for this wonderful interview with Angela Madsen (originally published a year ago). Madsen died last month pursuing her dream to cross the Pacific (from California to Hawaii) a journey she'd completed with a partner in 2014.
From a Walker to a Wheelchair–Journeying from Grief to Acceptance
These poems are an important reminder that AT is a very personal decision.
Braille UNO for Your Stocking?
Thank you to the Maryland AT Program (MDTAP) for permission to share their post on the just-released braille version of the popular card game UNO.
Far from AT–an Interview with Documentary Film Star Leah Smith
Andrew Solomon's celebrated book--Far from the Tree--is now a movie! Read our interview with Leah Smith, a featured parent, about her tools and broader insights for parenting with dwarfism and parenting in general.
3 AT Resources You Should Know
Thanks to Erin Swann, ATP, of the Maryland Technology Assistance Program for these assistive technology (AT) resources for ALS, Cerebral Palsy and more.
AT Making for Early Intervention and Young Children
AT makers are empowering young children to get upright and active!
Hacking Assistive Technology for Lilly
MIT hosted its fourth-annual ATHack-a-thon this spring at their Beaver Works makerspace facility in Cambridge Massachusetts. The event gives MIT students one day to create a prototype solution ...