AM567 – AT Awareness Day 2024

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! On April 17, 2024 the U.S. Congress and the disability community will celebrate  National Assistive […]

From Blocks of Wood to Big Tech: Assistive Technology Awareness

  The start of this month marked National Assistive Technology Awareness Day, and as Easterseals Crossroads’ Director of Assistive Technology Brian Norton suggested in a recent WISH-TV segment, it only grows worthier of celebration each year. As Life.Style.Live! host George Mallet said during the segment, “These technologies are getting better, and for people with disabilities, […]

AT Awareness Day banner with people using different AT devices and says #ATAWARENESSDAY- It's kind of a big deal

#ATAwarenessDay- It’s kind of a big deal!

  What’s the big deal about #ATAwarenessDay today, March 1st?! Celebrating things that help people hear, read, learn, walk, speak, type, write, eat, remember? Yep – Assistive Technology. It’s kind of a big deal! The definition of assistive technology (AT) may vary for each individual.  However, the federal definition is as follows: “An assistive technology device […]