If you’re looking for a way to make your home or building more wheelchair accessible, check out Roll-A-Ramp! Roll-A-Ramp offers a “one-of-a-kind portable ramp for easy and convenient access into homes, buildings, vans, and more.” Roll-A-Ramp will always be portable and never permanent, so a building permit is not necessary. It simply rolls up like […]
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Ekomat Paths
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Mobi-Mat RecPath which you can place over sand, grass, gravel, and more. Another available option is an Ekomat. Ekomats are “dynamic, multipurpose use tools that offer flexibility, slip-resistance, durability, versatility in a wide range of applications…” They can be placed on all sorts of terrain to increase […]
Monday Tech Tip: Braille Scanner App
Brian Norton, Director of Assistive Technology, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us Braille Scanner App, which allow a user to take a picture of braille and convert it to text. Check it out: Click here to learn more about Braille Scanner.
AM478 Troy-Bilt JumpStart Engine Starter
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools, and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing, or other special needs! A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the AgrAbility project, which helps agricultural workers with disabilities. […]
Troy-Bilt JumpStart Engine Starter
AgrAbility is a program on a mission to “enhance the quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disailities, so that they, their families, and their communities continue to succeed in rural America.” On their website, they offer several resources, one of them being the Toolbox AT Database. In the Toolbox AT […]
Devices and Duties at the Depot
One of INDATA’s main aims is to bring people together. Now, especially in the wake of the pandemic and increase in digital communication, the best way to accomplish this is through technology. Through the INDATA Depot, an equipment reuse program, Hoosiers with disabilities receive donated devices — mainly computers — free of charge. Not only […]