AM060 – Accessibility and the 2012 Olympics in London

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHi folks. Welcome to “Accessibility Minute”, your weekly look at Assisitive Technology—those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs. The world is abuzz with the summer olympics happening in London in 2012.  Did you know that accessibility […]

$5,000 Grants for Home Modification Assistance in Central Indiana

The Central Indiana Accessibility Partnership Project is pleased to announce the availability of individual grants for up to $5000 for home modification assistance for eligible persons with disabilities and persons 55 years and older with conditions of aging. Grants are provided at no cost to approved applicants. To be eligible for this grant, you must be: […]

Indiana Vision Expo

Indiana’s annual Vision Expo will be held  on September 29, 2012 at the Indiana State Library from 10:00am-3:00pm.  The Vision Expo is the Midwest’s largest trade show connecting people with vision loss and their family and friends to assistive technology vendors and low-vision service providers. The event is brought to you by the Indiana Talking Book […]

Guest Blogger: What do cost trends mean for the AAC industry?

Kevin Tyler, President and Co-Founder of Give Speech, wrote today’s blog about the cost of augmentative and alternative communication devices. This mission of Give Speech is simple. The New York nonprofit wants to make augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology better, cheaper, and more accessible.     Kevin writes: At Give Speech, we have been […]

Monday Tech Tip: Adaptive Chairs

Brian Norton, Clinical Manager of the INDATA Project explains how adaptive chairs help people with physical disabilities. You can find more information at Salli.com or Ergoquest.com. Having trouble viewing the video? Click Here! Click here to visit our archived videos. To view Closed Captioning, click on the “CC” in the lower right corner of the video.