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Take 5 Minutes for a reality check.This video is a must watch for any student that is Deaf or Hard of Hearing, their families, educators, and ALL who work with them.

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Build Your App with Therapy Box

2012-11-30T10:24:40-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General|Tags: all disabilities, all disabilities, assistive technology, AT, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

“After numerous requests, we have opened up our service to

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Open Letter from a Doctoral Student Who Needs Some Help with her Study

2016-11-10T10:12:05-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: all disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, education, ESE, learning disabilities, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

Hi, my name is Christina and I am a doctoral

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URMC, Deaf Community, Study How to Improve Research Participation

2012-12-15T23:15:00-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Lifestyle, Medical|Tags: all disabilities, all disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, hearing impaired, hearing impairment, mitochondrial disorders, rare or undiagnosed disorder|

Documents that explain life-saving medical procedures or how to take

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Landmark Decision Promoting Accessible Books for the Blind

2012-10-14T11:46:00-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Politics|Tags: all disabilities, all disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, blind, visual impairment, visually impaired|

Baltimore, Maryland (October 11, 2012): The National Federation of the

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StateImpact Florida A Finalist For Innovative, Investigative Journalism Award

2016-11-10T10:12:06-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: all disabilities, ataxic cerebral palsy, cerebral palsy, Charter Schools, cp, John O'Connor Sarah Gonzalez, NPR, State Impact Florida, Tonya Whitlock, Tres Whitlock|

From our investigation: Tres Whitlock types on the DynaVox tablet

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NeoSpeech Text-to-Speech Featured in AAC Speech Application

2012-12-15T23:34:14-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology|Tags: all disabilities, all disabilities, assistive technology, AT, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

We believe that NeoSpeech Text-to-Speech will benefit people with speech

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Ollibean Talks to Ray Ellis, director of “Certain Proof: A Question of Worth”

2016-11-10T10:12:07-05:00By Lauri Swann Hunt|Categories: AAC, Accessibility, Assistive Technology, blog, Communication, Editor's Picks, Education, General, Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Video, Videos|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, Certain Proof, communication, cross disability, documentary, Footpath Pictures, hearing impairment, inclusion, Ray Ellis|

"All of these children have one thing in common. They were always having to prove themselves, over and over and over again." Ray Ellis

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Insights into How Deaf Brain Processes Touch and Sight

2012-07-24T16:58:30-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Lifestyle, Medical|Tags: all disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, hearing impaired, hearing impairment|

People who are born deaf process the senses of touch

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Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology ( FAAST)

2013-06-17T13:55:54-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Assistive Technology, General, Resources|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, all disabilities, Amy Sequenzia, AT resources, augmentative and alternative communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, communication, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, Florida, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, resources, technology|

About FAAST Our Mission is to improve the quality of life

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Deaf people “feel touch” with hearing part of brain

2016-11-10T10:12:10-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Lifestyle, Medical|Tags: all disabilities, auditory cortex, deaf, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, deafness, hearing impaired, hearing impairment, mitochondrial disorders, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, neuroplasticity, rare or undiagnosed disorder, senses, sensory perception|

(LiveScience) Individuals who are born deaf use the "hearing" part

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Dinosaur Claw: Physical Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

Dinosaur Claw: Physical Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

2016-11-10T10:12:11-05:00By Cody Lawson|Categories: Assistive Technology, blog, Cody Lawson, Editor's Picks, General, Therapies, Think Tank, Video|Tags: all disabilities, cerebral palsy, Cody Lawson, Dino-Might, Dr. Gloria Gogola, Helping Hands, physical therapy, Rice University, spastic wrist flexion deformity, therapy, video games|

"Helping Hands" at Rice University have developed Dino-Might, a controller/game designed for patients with cerebral palsy to use for physical therapy.

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With mind-reading speller, free-for-all conversations that are silent and still

2015-02-15T20:46:52-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General|Tags: AAC, all, AT, augmentative and alternative communication, Augmentative Communication, fMRI, Locked In Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury|

Researchers have come up with a device that may enable

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U.S. Department of Education Announces New Awards in Technology and Media Services

2012-06-14T09:23:50-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology|Tags: all disabilities, assistive technology, AT, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs

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Phonological Awareness and Print Knowledge of Preschool Children With Cochlear Implants [Article]

2012-06-06T19:38:18-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General|Tags: all disabilities, cochlear implants, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, hearing impaired, hearing impairment|

Correspondence to Sophie E. Ambrose, who is now at the

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Assistive Technology – What is UDL, NIMAS, and AIM?

2012-05-28T22:20:07-04:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: all disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, epilepsy, hearing impairment, IEP, Individualized Education Plan, learning disabilities, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

The National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) creates a national

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iPad gives voice to kids with autism

2016-11-10T10:12:12-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Articles, Assistive Technology, General|Tags: all disabilities, assistive technology, AT, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, down syndrome, medically fragile, mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophies, rare or undiagnosed disorders, spinal muscular atrophy|

Sharia Siddiqui uses an iPad to help her communicate. Her

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Outing The Prejudice: Making The Least Dangerous Assumption

2016-11-10T10:12:12-05:00By Ollibean|Categories: Advocacy, Articles, Assistive Technology, General, Inclusive Education|Tags: AAC, all disabilities, Anne Donnelan, Anne Donnellan, assistive technology, Augmentative Communication, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Carol Tashie, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, Disability, education, inclusion, inclusive education, Inclusive files, ipad, Martha Leary, presume competence, Special Education, special needs, The Least Dangerous assumption, Zach Rossetti|

We highly recommend this brilliant article by Zach Rossetti and Carol Tashie on their interpretation of Anne Donnellan's concept of presuming competence, the least dangerous assumption.

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