An innovative, new device is helping people who are blind or low-vision feel facial expressions. HapWare uses haptics or vibrations on the wrist to relay visual cues like gestures. It started as a ...

Most specialised technology for blind users in New Zealand costs from $1000 to $9500, depending on complexity. The price tags are a blow for the 58% of disabled New Zealanders earning $30,000 or less ...

For people experiencing vision loss, technology can be a game-changer. At Lighthouse Guild, patients are learning to use assistive devices that help them navigate daily life with greater independence.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. Adding to that focus is the range of programs and incentives ...

Miami International Airport (MIA) has collaborated with Baltimore-based software company ReBokeh Vision Technologies to provide free, unlimited access to ReBokeh’s assistive technology software for ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- In North Philadelphia, a community resource has their doors open for people with disabilities to find support. At the "TechOWL" Community Space, they have ...

As a child, Dr. Msafiri Kabulwa aspired to become an electrical engineer, but as there was no advanced mathematics teacher at ...

WASHINGTON – Assistive products and technologies – such as wheelchairs, upper-limb prostheses, and hearing and speech devices – hold promise for partially or fully mitigating the effects of ...

“I think about it all the time, if i had been born 60, 80, 100 years ago how different my life would have been," Kevin Sullivan tells PEOPLE Kevin Sullivan, who lives with arthrogryposis multiplex ...