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Hi all,

I've updated the community settings to allow posts made by other people than myself. I hope for this area to be a place to bring together information from around the web about assistive tech!

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27215699

[When Carter] decided to establish himself as a supporter of disability rights during the 1976 presidential election, he visited Warm Springs to make that promise. After he was elected president, however, Carter often struggled to implement key parts of his agenda, and disability rights was no exception. So disabled people had to step in to do the work that the non-disabled simply couldn't get done on their own.

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Earlier this year I had the opportunity to stop by Cheaha state park in Alabama, and was pleasantly surprised to see that they had a robust wheelchair-accessible experience.

The park is known for having the highest point in Alabama, and offers some excellent scenic views. My purpose for stopping by on a road trip was to get out of the car and take one of the hiking trails to an overlook. Instead I found the raised boardwalk and followed that.

The path is sturdy and well maintained, with covered seating areas every so often to stop and rest and informational placards.

At the end of the walkway is an overlook with incredible views across Alabama-the-Beautiful.

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cross-posted from: https://rblind.com/post/3405642

W3C, DAISY and NISO are co-hosting a webinar: Advancing Digital Accessibility for Scientific & Technical Publications

The DAISY Consortium, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) invite you to this Webinar happening on December 17, 10:00-11:30 AM Eastern time, 15:00–16:30 UTC.

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This possibly falls under "surgical" instead of AT, but it's still an encouraging development in technology to help people with mobility constraints.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/24733747

You might recall last month that I posted about my 3D-printed spectacles.

Enough people asked me for the files and for details on how to order lenses and mount them into the frames that I figured I'd release everything with instructions - and also redesign the hinges a bit so the temples fold more compact, something I meant to do for some time.

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Ben Heck makes a lot of things. One thing he's been making for years, is special ordered one-handed gaming controllers. Here he is making one for the Switch.

If you love modding and electronics, I recommend his channel and live streams in general.

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It's like a dental retainer with a touchpad to control devices with your tongue.

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Assistive Technology

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Assistive technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.

via ct.gov

This community is used for cataloging and discussing advancements and news in AT.

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