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Some assistive technologies can be very expensive and difficult to acquire. Many others, however, are so accessible that all it takes is a quick download on your smartphone. Enabling a better quality of life for PWDs doesn’t necessarily require uncommon, sophisticated hardware. Here are some software applications from around the world that can achieve exactly...
July 27, 2023
PWDs, and those assisting them, may find themselves neglecting the use of smart home devices. Perhaps you may feel that such assistive technologies don’t offer enough benefits for their price point. Maybe you consider such tools to be redundant or similar to other devices you already use. Yet assistive technologies have been gaining traction in...
December 20, 2022
There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability currently living in the UK, and ensuring they are offered proactive, person-centred care is crucial to ensure they can live both safely and more independently.
June 7, 2022
Technologically tailored to the needs of artists with a disability is helping them make music, with just a remote in their hands.
June 5, 2022
People who are blind or visually impaired can use phones, computers, and other electronic gadgets just as much as those who can see.
May 31, 2022
What do a quality analyst, digital marketer, service manager, full-stack developer, tech founder, cyber cafe owner, grocery store owner, YouTuber, artist, accessibility tester and caregiver have in common?
May 26, 2022
It’s important to educate ourselves on disabilities and learn about the perspectives of PWDs. But if reading doesn’t work for you, there’s another alternative to text. Why not try podcasts? Podcasts are delivered in audio (or sometimes audiovisual) episodes that can inform and entertain listeners. You can subscribe to a podcast and follow along with...
May 22, 2022
The pandemic has grown the disability demographic and widened the disability divide. Yet there are the seeds of positive change.
May 20, 2022
Epilepsy can still feel like a mysterious disorder, even today. However, we now know more about how seizures are triggered in the brain, or what triggers them. Scientists are working on new treatments and technology to help patients with epilepsy treat, monitor and manage their seizures for a safer and healthier life. Stereotactic electroencephalography/sEEG and...
May 15, 2022
While there is growing awareness of the human rights challenges that these new technologies can pose, Quinn said the discussion should shift to focus on the specific challenges these new technologies pose to the rights of people with disabilities, as provided by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
May 10, 2022
