Assistive technology—from visual timers to help students with learning differences keep track of their schedules to digital captioning software for those with hearing difficulties—can improve outcomes ...

Essential assistive devices for senior safety at home reduce fall risks by up to 70% with grab bars, shower chairs, and mobility aids.

Now that I’ve reached a certain age, I interact a lot with people who are getting new hips and knees. They assume that’s what’s going on with me.

Assistive technology can address the learning needs of students with disabilities and knock down barriers to inclusion in general education classrooms. But schools often face challenges in providing, ...

Background. Inserting peripheral intravenous (PIV) lines into often dehydrated, typically irritable, and universally uncooperative small children is an everyday task for many pediatric nurses. Success ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ninety percent of participants demonstrated proficiency in the application. Ninety-six percent reported they ...

A reader using mobility aids is exhausted by well-meaning but frustrating “encouragement” from others. Asking Eric discusses ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The STEM Club at Waco ISD’s Tennyson Middle School is learning engineering skills, designing assistive devices for students by using 3-D printers. "Last year, we had two 3-D ...

A new study by North Carolina State University researchers found that people often considered the look, texture and, occasionally, the smell of two assistive devices – compression gloves and a knee ...

Screen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests that assistive robots may work best when they share control with their users, striking a middle-ground between full automation and ...