Assistive Technology
AT for Gardening: Containers and Beds
By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Staff I’ve been a gardener for years and a vegetable gardener for at least a decade. I joined a vegetable garden farm share program about 20 years ago and loved the fresh veggies from down the road and began exploring some easy options to grow some myself. My farm share…
Read MoreStay Home, Stay Safe with Amazon’s Alexa
By Laura Hall, MATP Staff In the video linked to this blog, I demonstrate just a few of the things you can do with Amazon’s Alexa that could be helpful during this time of “Stay Home, Stay Safe”. The device used in this video is the Echo First Generation, but I also mention the Echo…
Read MorePart 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…
Read MoreAT 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…
Read MoreAT and Coronavirus Preparedness
Thank you to Eliza Anderson and the AT3 Center for this post. Originally posted on the AT3 Center News and Tips page. Steps, products, and resources to prevent infection, educate others and prepare for staying at home this COVID-19 season Wash Your Hands Often While Singing the ABCs Wash your hands with soap and water…
Read MoreWearable 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…
Read More“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…
Read MoreYay for Bidets!!!
By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Staff My friend, Joe Stramondo, is a great many number of things, a dad, a philosopher and professor, a disability justice activist, and he is a champion of bidets, spreading word near and far of just how awesome they are. According to Joe, “Self-reliance when using the toilet is generally…
Read MoreDisabled 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…
Read MorePumpkins, Pirates and Pride: AT and Halloween
by Laura Hall, MATP Staff Member Each year around this time, I write a blog about Haloween costumes that incorporate a person’s assistive technology. It’s one of my favorite posts of the year, which is interesting because Halloween has never really been my favorite holiday. When I was a kid, I always found that choosing…
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