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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Three senior appointments signal a push on digital equity, accessibility, and aging as the Mamdani administration fills ...

Medical technology is often viewed as a neutral tool for healing or curing; however, for many disabled people, it represents ...

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 ...

BKC Faculty Associate Magda Romanska investigates posthuman disability studies and where the field fits in with conversations around modern technologies. "By probing the limits of human and machine ...

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 ...

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, ...

The 2,227-square-foot space is part of Temple’s Institute on Disabilities in the College of Education and Human Development. (Photo courtesy of Temple Assistive Technology Department) From Philly and ...

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 ...