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Team picture in Shankar’s studio. From the left, standing: sound engineer Ameya Mategaonkar; Shankar; producer Soumil Shringarpure; lyricist Tanishk Nabar. From the left, seated: Googlers Arathi Sethumadhavan and Aaron Wade.

May 8, 2025 0

Unleashing Musical Potential: How Google’s Music AI Sandbox Can Harmonize with Accessibility

Discover how Google's Music AI Sandbox is opening doors for musicians with disabilities, offering new ways to create and express through AI-powered tools like text-to-music generation. [...]

April 28, 2025 0

Making a Splash: Olathe Increases Water Accessibility with New Fleet of Water Wheelchairs

Discover how the City of Olathe is enhancing inclusive recreation with the addition of unique water wheelchairs at its pools and Lake Olathe, thanks to a partnership with Variety KC. Learn about the impact of this adaptive equipment on youth accessibility and explore how other cities globally can pursue similar goals. [...]

In a classroom setting with 'Deaf Learn' signage, a Black male facilitator wearing a 'Deaf-in-Tech Facilitator' t-shirt stands and uses sign language, teaching two seated Black students (a young man and a woman in a hijab) who are engaged and looking up at him from a desk with an open laptop.

April 25, 2025 0

Sign Language & Code: Deaf-in-Tech Nigeria’s Approach to Inclusive Tech Training

Learn how Deaf-in-Tech Nigeria uses sign language and visual methods to provide accessible coding and data analytics training, overcoming barriers for the Deaf community in Nigeria's tech sector [...]

Hand resting on a wooden surface, wearing the SpellRing prototype sensor device on the thumb, with colored wires leading towards the wrist.

March 31, 2025 0

SpellRing: Cornell’s Wearable AI Ring Translates ASL Fingerspelling

Key takeaways about the SpellRing project: Wearable Translation: Researchers at Cornell University are [...]

Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, an ALS patient, demonstrating the Cognixion Axon-R headset, a brain-computer interface device designed to assist with communication.

March 22, 2025 0

Giving Voice Back: Cognixion’s BCI Headset Offers Hope for Late-Stage ALS

Discover Cognixion's Axon-R, a BCI headset that helps late-stage ALS patients communicate. Learn how this innovative technology is restoring voices. [...]

Benjamin Segal, MD, Andrew Jerome, PhD and Andrew Sas, MD, PhD, wearing white lab coats standing in what appears to be a research laboratory. They are positioned in front of laboratory shelving containing various supplies and equipment. All three are smiling at the camera, and there are Ohio State University logos visible on their lab coats.

March 6, 2025 0

Breakthrough in Nerve Regeneration Offers New Hope for Neurological Conditions

Discover how researchers at Ohio State University have found white blood cells capable of regrowing nerve fibers. Dr. Benjamin Segal's groundbreaking study offers new hope for treating previously irreversible neurological conditions through innovative cell therapy approaches. [...]

February 7, 2025 0

Assistive Technology Blog

Unleashing Musical Potential: How Google’s Music AI Sandbox Can Harmonize with Accessibility

Making a Splash: Olathe Increases Water Accessibility with New Fleet of Water Wheelchairs

Sign Language & Code: Deaf-in-Tech Nigeria’s Approach to Inclusive Tech Training

SpellRing: Cornell’s Wearable AI Ring Translates ASL Fingerspelling

Giving Voice Back: Cognixion’s BCI Headset Offers Hope for Late-Stage ALS

Wheelchair Accessible & Beyond: Kia’s PV5 is for Everyone

Breakthrough in Nerve Regeneration Offers New Hope for Neurological Conditions

How Adaptive Clothing Boosts Assistive Technology Use

New Report from Easterseals Disability Services: “Reimagining Hollywood: A New Lens on Disability Inclusion”

Copilot for Microsoft 365: AI as a Bridge to Professional Excellence