Academic materials for students who become overwhelmed by reading assignments or have in the past used assistive technology/E-Text can be accommodated with specific document/software/equipment ...

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 ...

The Internet and assistive technology have the incredible power to level the playing field for people with disabilities. To advance digital equity means to provide vital connections to friends, family ...

“At some point in their lives, most people will either have a disability or know someone who has one,” said Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., director of CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental ...

Ohio State students with disabilities can access assistive technology programs on more than 1,000 computers around campus, while previously they were limited to a 16-computer lab in the Office for ...

The World Health Organization reports that about 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the global population, live with a significant disability. This figure is rising due to aging populations, as well as new ...

MATLF is proud to be a part of freedom from predatory lending for people who often can least afford the cost when ...

Read more in Giving Guide 2022. Maranatha, a 6-year-old girl with speech disabilities, was slowly learning to express words and short phrases with the help of an iPad-based device called an AbleNet ...

This sentence is illegible to some people, appearing as nothing more than a smudge on a screen. At least, that’s what it looks like to Phill Kirk, born with Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome — a ...

The future of work for people with disabilities — historically the most overlooked and underemployed segment of the population — is more promising than ever before. This horizon brims with ...

Kenya Institute Of Special Education (KISE) Director Dr Norman Kiogora explains how they assess persons with mental challenges during a two-day assessment at KISE, Kasarani, Nairobi on June 2, 2023.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan calls for screening all students for learning disabilities, emphasizing early ...