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Career > Interviewing
Video Interview Accommodations for Sensory and Communication Disabilities
...processing time, backgrounds you can't control. If you have sensory processing...for changes to format, timing, and environment before the interview happens. The...accommodations fall into three categories: environmental modifications, format changes, and...you and your ability to perform. Environmental modifications: Reduced or adjusted...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...adaptive seating; plus orthotics, prosthetics, hearing aids, vision aids, environmental controls, and home modifications like ramps or bathroom grab bars. Prices...plus orthotics, prosthetics, hearing aids, vision aids, environmental controls, and home modifications like ramps or bathroom grab bars. Prices have...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Bedtime Routines with Smart Home Automation for Children with Autism
...meltdown. Voice-controlled smart home...child can control themselves....command. Voice-controlled smart home...independence through environmental control, and...environmental control, and the research...tasks. Why Environmental Control Matters...Environmental Control Matters for...too warm. Environmental control gives...Environmental control gives your...behalf. Voice control removes the...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Voice Command Setup for Smart Home Devices: Accessibility Beyond Mobility
...they don't have. A voice-controlled smart home solves these...users with limited breath control or speech fatigue, brevity...iPads, HomePods). Siri's environmental control requires HomeKit-compatible...HomePods). Siri's environmental control requires HomeKit-compatible...advantage is cross-device control: your child can issue commands...
News > Technology
How to Pay for Assistive Technology: Every Funding Source Families Need to Know
...adaptive keyboard that would let them participate in class is $650. The environmental control unit that would give them independence at home runs $3,200. You...keyboard that would let them participate in class is $650. The environmental control unit that would give them independence at home runs $3,200. You look at...
Lifestyle > Independence
Assistive Technology That Helps: Tools for Daily Living Independence
...customization, or integration with other systems. Environmental control units that operate lights and locks, tablet-based...integration with other systems. Environmental control units that operate lights and locks, tablet-based...apps with visual schedules, smart home setups controlled by voice or switch. Start low-tech unless the...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Switch Access Devices: What They Are and Who Needs Them
...tried a lot. A parent of a child who cannot reliably press a keyboard key, control a mouse, or operate a touchscreen consistently has often heard several suggestions...advance a scanning cursor on a screen, activate a smart home device, or control any number of systems designed to receive switch input. One reliable movement,...
Health > Nutrition
Environmental Toxins And Breast Milk: What You Need To Know
...that you are exposed to each day — including environmental toxins. From perfume and deodorant, to commercial...had significantly less dioxin (a very toxic environmental pollutant) in their breast milk as compared to...pollutant) in their breast milk as compared to the control group of pregnant women who did not take the...
Legal > Housing
Home Modification Grants for Accessibility: VA, USDA, and State Programs
...compensates for mobility or vision loss (voice-controlled lighting, environmental controls, automated...mobility or vision loss (voice-controlled lighting, environmental controls, automated door openers) How to apply:...loss (voice-controlled lighting, environmental controls, automated door openers) How to apply: Submit...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Smart Lights and Voice Control for Sensory Processing Disorder
...is one of the most common environmental triggers. Voice-controlled...environmental triggers. Voice-controlled smart lights eliminate...part by demand for voice-controlled environmental solutions....demand for voice-controlled environmental solutions. Smart home automation...and cool color temperature control shifts lighting from energizing...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...products, body odor, and physical changes your child can't predict or control. Puberty is hard for any child. For autistic children, it brings specific...scripts, observe patterns, and create rules that help them function in environments designed for neurotypical children. During puberty, those strategies break...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
AAC for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Finding the Right Communication System
...understood by parents or close caregivers. They may not hold up in noisy environments, when the child is tired, or when motor control is compromised by excitement...hold up in noisy environments, when the child is tired, or when motor control is compromised by excitement or fatigue. AAC fills those gaps. A child...