Are plummeting literacy skills the new pandemic among young learners? Dozens of studies over the past year have shown alarming drops in the percentage of students meeting reading benchmarks at the ...

When Matthew Sherwood goes shopping for clothes, he needs help to ensure that what he’s picking up is the color or style he’s looking for. Sherwood has been blind for more than 15 years; he has a ...

Assistive technology (AT) encompasses devices, software, and systems designed to enhance the learning experiences and functional abilities of students with disabilities. In special education, AT plays ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. April 6 is National Assistive Technology ...

For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out ...

“Assistive listening technologies or devices help individuals hear better in difficult listening situations,” says Kristina ...

A social enterprise dedicated to assistive technology, Accesstech Innovation and Research Centre, has called on the Federal Government to remove import duties on all assistive technology products. A ...

On a recent Sunday, I stood in the kitchen with my brother Daniel, watching as he cracked the fifth and final egg into a bowl – the blue bowl, his favourite for making scrambled eggs. He reached for ...

Indian companies still have a long way to go in terms of embedding accessibility in their products, workplaces and cultures ...