AT to Help with Wearing a Mask!

[Image description: the featured image of this video is of Jen Mullins, a white woman who has her wavy, brown hair up in a ponytail.  Jen is smiling under a floral printed mask and is holding a silicone mask insert on the outside of her mask while holding up a thumbs up.  Note: the silicone…

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Part 2: AT for Cutting Without Cuts!

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff In the video linked to this post, I share about a few more AT devices and strategies that might make cutting up food in the kitchen safer and more accessible.  Below are the devices from the video along with links where you might find the devices online.  Please…

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AT for Cutting Without Cuts in the Kitchen: a Vlog!

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff Due to precautions related Covid-19, many of us are cooking from home more.  For someone whose disability impacts their vision, fine motor, hand dexterity, and upper body strength and coordination, cutting and chopping food can be challenging.  Assistive Technology (AT) devices are available that may help.  In the…

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Wearable AT for Navigation!

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff In a previous AT blog post, I shared that I have a disability that impacts my ability to navigate.  When I walk, bike, drive, etc., without my GPS, I can’t work out where I am or how I need to get where I need to go.  More than…

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“I didn’t quite catch that. Can you repeat it?” -Siri on iPhone

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff Voice Assistants (VAs) are software that has been programmed to listen to users and (hopefully) perform resulting actions.  “Users can ask their [voice] assistants questions, control home automation devices and media playback via voice, and manage other basic tasks such as email, to-do lists, and calendars with verbal…

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Disabled And Here

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff One of the most engaging aspects of my job is marketing!  I am a storyteller by nature and so I enjoy listening to others tell their stories and crafting my own narratives.  A well told story can bring people together by sharing about a specific cause and/or increasing…

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DIY Light Up Cane!

By Jen Mullins, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff Recently, I got to meet and talk with Alisa Grishman of Access Mob Pittsburgh (AMP).  Alisa is the inventor of the “Light Up Cane”; although she says that she’s not an inventor and just “had a good idea”.  Sure sounds like an inventor to me!  The Light Up…

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