Students with disabilities may be missing out on valuable assistive technology, a new report finds, due to limited awareness among school staff and other issues.

Technology can be both a lifeline and a barrier. Users with disabilities explain how accessible design transforms tech from ...

When AI prioritizes uniform productivity, it excludes. When it accounts for human variability, it unlocks overlooked talent.

Assistive technology can help students with disabilities, but schools face challenges using it to its full potential.

Marci Straughter, a 44-year-old woman with hydrocephaly and epilepsy, uses a GPS device called AngelSense to live more independently. AngelSense provides a sense of safety and security, allowing ...

With all the bad news on our feeds, a feel-good story can be a welcome reprieve. But what happens when that story comes in the form of coverage of disability technology? You might’ve seen the videos ...

There are nearly 1.3 billion people with some form of disability globally, according to the World Health Organization. And despite the fact that an increasing variety of assistive technologies exist, ...

While our lives are deeply entangled with technologies of all kinds, technology can be seen as a “solution” to the “problem” of disability. This kind of story might be what you expect, or even desire, ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Disability can arrive slowly or in an instant. One day you’re independent, verbal, mobile. The next, you’re navigating a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State officials joined together in Harrisburg on Thursday to discuss disability rights and how technology affects disabled people. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission held ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy announced this year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month theme is “Access to Jobs for All.” The ...