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    Interview with ClearMask Co-Founder Highlights Communication Benefits of Transparent Face Coverings

    The events of this year have affected everyone, but not necessarily in the same ways. Deaf and hard of hearing...

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    A Look at Current Assistive GPS Hardware and Software Products

    Assistive global position system (GPS) hardware and software products are designed to enable people with visual...
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    Video Relay Service Connects Deaf and Hearing People in Real-Time

    What is VRS? Video Relay Service (VRS) is a video telecommunications service that allows people who are deaf or...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    What Is an Electronic Pointing Device, How Is It Used, and Why?

    There are many adaptive technologies on the market today that make readily available devices such as a keyboard or...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    Applying SmartHome Task Prompter Technology to the Workplace

    In 2005, Imagine!, an organization that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,...
    Technology and Innovation 2 min read

    What's New in Manual Wheelchair Technology?

    Manual wheelchair innovation knows no bounds, it seems. From SafariSeat, which is designed for people in...
    Technology and Innovation 2 min read

    Past, Present, and Future of Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    Augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, is any form of communication that supplements or replaces oral...
    Digital Accessibility 4 min read

    Specialized Optical Character Recognition Smartphone Apps Help People with Vision Disabilities Read Printed Text

    One of the biggest misconceptions about accessibility is that it requires expensive, cumbersome, and hard-to-find...
    Digital Accessibility 1 min read

    What's New in Assistive Technologies for People with Physical Disabilities

    Decades ago, engineer Ralph Braun, who had been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, designed his first assistive...
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    Five Fascinating Facts About White Canes

    Between two and eight percent of people with a visual impairment use a white cane, according to the Perkins School...
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    What's New in Manual Wheelchair Technology?

    Manual wheelchair innovation knows no bounds, it seems. From SafariSeat, which is designed for people in developing countries, the innovative...

    Technology and Innovation 2 min read

    Introduction to Video Remote Interpreting and What Businesses Need to Know About It

    What is VRI? Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) is a video telecommunications service utilized through an external or...
    Digital Accessibility 3 min read

    Do All Deaf People Use Sign Language?

    When you encounter someone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, your first instinct may be to use your hands to...
    Research and Stats 2 min read

    Designing for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Website Visitors

    One of the great things about the accessibility community is the willingness to share and collaborate. We’re free...
    Digital Accessibility 2 min read

    New Wheelchair Weight Restriction on American Airlines Impacts Travel for Power Wheelchair Users

    The Air Carrier Access Act, a federal law, prevents airlines from refusing travel to individuals based solely on...
    Physical Accessibility 2 min read

    Do Small Businesses with Fewer Than 15 Employees Have to Be ADA Compliant?

    One in four U.S. adults – or 61 million Americans – has a disability. Each one of those is a potential employee,...
    Legal 3 min read

    Why Hiring People with Disabilities Is Good for Business

    Several years ago, managers at Microsoft learned that the traditional process of hiring people with needed...
    Employment 3 min read

    10 Things Most People Get Wrong About Autism

    Autism is a disability that is often misunderstood. Real life autism is very different than the kind that people...
    Research and Stats 4 min read

    Tips for Destigmatizing Accommodations and Creating a Disability-Friendly Culture

    Based on data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), there were 24,238 charges filed for...
    Employment 3 min read

    President-Elect Biden Mentioning Disability in His Victory Speech Shouldn't Be a Big Deal, But It Is

    Just to be mentioned, named, explicitly by the word "disability" was enough to trigger an outpouring of response...
    Government 4 min read