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Career > Interviewing
Accessible Interview Locations: What to Request and What Employers Must Provide
...sensory accommodations like quieter rooms and communication supports like ASL interpreters. Here's what...narrow hallways or doorways under 32 inches wide Communication accommodations like ASL interpreters, CART (real-time...interpreters, CART (real-time captioning), or assistive listening devices if requested in...
Career > Accommodations
Sign Language Interpreters and Communication Accommodations for Deaf Employees
...knows you'll need communication access. What they're...provide effective communication for employees with...employees, that means communication access. The key...for your specific communication need, not just...that's not effective communication. Effective communication...communication. Effective communication accommodations...meetings or calls Assistive listening devices...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...timelines. Combining sources is how assistive technology gets funded. What Counts...technology gets funded. What Counts as Assistive Technology and Why It's Expensive....Technology and Why It's Expensive. Assistive technology is any device or equipment...wheelchairs, walkers, and adaptive bikes; communication devices including AAC systems and...
News > Technology
A Louisville Rehab Center Just Opened One of the Country's Most Advanced Assistive Technology Labs. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...opened a 12,000-square-foot assistive technology lab on April 1,...augmentative and alternative communication devices, and adaptive technology...or acquired through state assistive technology programs. What...AT Evaluation Involves. Assistive technology evaluation isn't...challenges with mobility, communication, or daily activities Trial...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Wearable Technology for Autism: Evidence-Based Monitoring vs Marketing Hype
...internal states. The promise is compelling. After all, who wouldn't want objective data about what's happening inside their child, especially when communication challenges make it hard for them to tell you directly? The marketing suggests these devices offer a window into experiences that might otherwise...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
AAC Devices and Apps: How to Choose Speech-Generating Technology
...their solution is essential for your child's communication development. The price spread creates decision...high-tech devices over low-tech options for communication outcomes. The decision isn't about finding the...warranties. The trade-off isn't quality of communication. Both can deliver the same vocabulary, the same...
Research > Assistive Tech
Choosing AAC Devices Based on Research: What the Evidence Says About Effectiveness
...eye-gaze systems, picture boards, communication books. Each one promises to help...options (picture boards, PECS books, communication charts) when the goal is social...charts) when the goal is social communication. Children using high-tech AAC initiate...intact motor skills faces different communication barriers than a...
Research > Assistive Tech
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
...about mind-reading devices and direct neural communication. What you haven't seen is a clear answer to...rehabilitation in April 2021. Research into communication applications for children with severe motor...without penetrating tissue (semi-invasive). For communication, the person using the device thinks about an...
Financial > Loans
Where to Find Low-Interest Loans for Assistive Technology and Home Modifications in Your State
...wheelchair accessible van. A communication device for your child. Ramps...calculate residual value on assistive technology. State AT loan...states, funded under the Assistive Technology Act, with loan...Loan Programs Cover. State assistive technology loan programs...broad: mobility devices, communication systems, hearing aids, vehicle...
News > Technology
How to Pay for Assistive Technology: Every Funding Source Families Need to Know
The communication device your child's speech therapist...people with disabilities don't get assistive technology they need. But here's...status at all. The funding system for assistive technology isn't designed to be readable....IFSP, the school must provide any assistive technology the team determines is...
Financial > Grants
Grants for Assistive Technology: What's Available and How to Apply
...an application that gets approved. Every year, thousands of dollars in assistive technology grants go undistributed because families submit incomplete...including wheelchairs, walkers, standing frames, and lifts, plus some communication devices when they meet medical necessity criteria. Coverage varies by...
Financial > Grants
The Complete Guide to Disability Grants: Where to Start, What You Qualify For, and How to Apply
...smaller-scale modifications based on local availability. Adaptive equipment and assistive technology. Wheelchairs, communication devices, walkers, hearing aids,...availability. Adaptive equipment and assistive technology. Wheelchairs, communication devices, walkers, hearing aids, adaptive sports equipment....