The first time Esther Klang tried the Atalante X, a self-balancing robotic exoskeleton, she was elated. Klang, who is quadriplegic, works with Fable, an accessibility-testing platform that pairs ...

At the largest US conference on aging, AI, technology, the looming caregiving crisis, and Social Security dominated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accessibility features in mainstream technology are not as reliable as those in dedicated assistive devices.

April 29, 2025 /CSRwire/ – On a Tuesday, March 4, in Vienna, Austria, Erin Taylor steered her wheelchair before a gathering of the nation’s parliament and leading dignitaries. The young woman then ...

Researchers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest recently delivered a piece of assistive technology whose design began with a simple but important question: What will the person using this tech need? Last ...

Assistive technology is expensive, and many people with disabilities live on fixed incomes. Disabled assistive tech users also must contend with equipment that was often designed without any capacity ...

THEY HAVE TOOLS TO HELP. MANY OF US USE TOOLS TO MAKE EVERYDAY TASKS A LITTLE EASIER, AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE AGING OR HAVE DISABILITIES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. HELLO ...

Now in its 40th year, the CSUN Assistive Tech Conference has been the go-to event for discovering how technology can improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Recently, I visited the expo ...

This is a guest post by Charles Sammartino, director of the assistive technology program at Inglis, which serves the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with hubs in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Technology ...

Traveling into the great outdoors is a tremendous privilege. It can even have significant, lasting positive effects on your health. But for some with physical limitations, getting out there can pose ...

Idris Elba might be better known for playing brilliant yet unconventional detective Luther, DJ-ing sets from Glastonbury to Ibiza superclubs, and constantly touted as 'the first Black James Bond'. Now ...

For years, Mr Chong Kwek Bin has been reshaping how Singapore treats the visually impaired — from teaching assistive tech to ...