Apr 12, 2024
Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at
Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to
help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing,
or other special needs!
On April 17,
2024 the U.S. Congress and the disability community will celebrate
National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day. The day
honors people with disabilities who require AT to access their
education, workplace, community, and recreational activities. The
day also recognizes the innovation of researchers, educators, and
the dedication of AT specialists and program providers who operate
AT programs so that millions of individuals can acquire and use
low-cost and often no-cost AT.
We in the assistive technology community would like to thank
Senators Kevin Cramer, John Fetterman and Bob Casey for introducing
the AT Awareness Day Resolution! We appreciate your leadership in
support of people w/disabilties to access AT in all parts of daily
life!!
For more information, to read our blog, or to drop us a line,
visit EasterSealsTech.com.
I'd like to take a moment to thank InTRAC, the Indiana Telephone
Relay Access Corporation for sponsoring our transcript today.
You can find out more about InTRAC at relayindiana.com.
That was your Accessibility Minute for this week! I’m Josh
Anderson filling in for Laura Medcalf with the INDATA Project at
Easterseals Crossroads, in Indiana.