“The Institute for Human Centered Design is an international non-profit committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design. Thank you for shopping! Every purchase you make helps support our mission.”...
Texthelp Systems / BrowseAloud
Topics: Assistive Technology & Devices, Shop
“BrowseAloud reads web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online. Reading large amounts of text on screen can be difficult for those with literacy and visual impairments.” As a website host, you can include a BrowseAloud that will read your site out loud to a visitor....
WizCom Technologies Ltd.
Topics: Assistive Technology & Devices, Shop
Maker of “personal, portable, scanning dictionaries, reading pens and scanning pens. Our pocket-size, user-friendly Quicktionary® Pens enable students and people working in multilingual environments to translate and define printed material without disrupting their reading process. Our ReadingPen® products serve as assistive reading devices for people with reading difficulties such as...
Tags: assistive technology, cognitive, communication, literacy, MA, Massachusetts, note taker, pen, read, translate
Cambium Learning Technologies
Topics: Assistive Technology & Devices, Shop
“Cambium Learning Technologies … includes ExploreLearning, IntelliTools, Kurzweil and Learning A-Z. Through its core divisions, Cambium Learning Group, Inc. provides research-based education solutions for students in Pre-K through 12th grade, including intervention curricula, educational technologies and services primarily focused on serving the needs of the nation’s most challenged learners and...
Institute for Human Centered Design
Topics: Resources, Universal Design
“The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD), founded in Boston in 1978 as Adaptive Environments, is an international non-governmental educational organization (NGO) committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design. IHCD’s work balances expertise...
CAST
“A nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning.”...
Tags: education, Massachusetts
Perkins School for the Blind
“Perkins School for the Blind provides education and services for children and adults around the world who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired.” ...
The MIT Age Lab
Inventing new ideas to improve the quality of life for older adults and those who care for them by translating technology into practical solutions. Satisfy your curiosity about unusual ways they are applying technology to aging and independent living. See their overview on YouTube....
Tags: education, Massachusetts
Elder Care Link
“ElderCareLink is an internet-based referral service – free to consumers – that specializes in eldercare case matching for elders and their families. ElderCareLink assists families in finding a multitude of services, including assisted living, nursing homes, adult day care, private duty nursing, care management and homecare. With participating providers in...
Tags: aging, assisted living, elder care, family, home care, MA, Massachusetts, nursing, nursing home, service
Association of Blind Citizens
“The Association of Blind Citizens operates the Assistive Technology Fund. The Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) will provide funds to cover 50% of the retail price of adaptive devices or software. The ABC board of directors believes that this program will allow blind and visually impaired individuals access to technology products...