A new technology called Action Audio took a giant leap recently to make a sport as enthralling, fast paced, dramatic and visual as Tennis a lot more accessible and enjoyable for people with visual impairment Action Audio is a new ball tracking technology that tracks the ball’s position and conver…

“Jack LOVES Joe. He loves everything about him.” Hello Games, a British video game company relaunched a video game after receiving a request from the parent of an autistic child. Joe Danger is a fun, zero to hero style side scrolling game that involves guiding Joe Danger, the protagonist, thro…

Typically, diagnosing Alzheimer’s may take many expensive and time consuming tests, brain imaging, and behavior observations. Canary Speech, a company that specializes in speech analysis technology, is working on an artificial intelligence powered technology that can detect Alzheimer’s just by liste…

Taking advantage of the abilities of machine learning, a group of bright high school students have created an app called “Atheia” that will not only help detect objects but also describe a scene just as a human would. The app strives to improve spatial awareness and safety for blind p…

Tanishq was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two. As a young child, he was a lot more interested in food shows than cartoons because they were short and repeated. One day, as a five year old, he insisted on helping with cooking in the kitchen and since that day, he developed interest in cooking! …

A new law in Oregon allows deaf/hard of hearing drivers to include their hearing status on their license. Getting pulled over by law enforcement is a stressful situation to begin with, and for deaf or hard of hearing drivers, not being able to effectively communicate with police officers can be e…

Recently, Phillip O’ Keefe, a 62 year old from Australia with ALS took over Synchron CEO Thomas Oxley’s twitter and tweeted this: no need for keystrokes or voices. I created this tweet just by thinking it. #helloworldbci— Thomas Oxley (@tomoxl) December 23, 2021 Phillip sent this tweet…

140 million people worldwide have Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension with 80% of these patients in emerging economies. Glaucoma is incurable but with treatment its progression can be delayed. The most popular treatment for Glaucoma is eye drops that need to be taken every day multiple times for the …

People who lose one eye have the option to get a fake eye (also called glass eye) – a prosthetic eye that helps them improve their appearance. This lifelike prosthetic eye is typically made from acrylic and is handmade by technicians called ocularists. The current process of manually creating …

What is someone’s go to accessory for measuring something? Most likely a tape measure! Whether it’s for measuring space in someone’s living room to make sure a couch fits or to see how wide a shirt is, a tape measure is something that people go for for such purposes. However, tape measures (or ruler…

Yahoo Sports, a leading destination for sports fans, today announced the debut of a short documentary produced by Yahoo about its All Blind Fantasy League (ABFL)— a group of sports fanatics who use assistive technology, like screen readers, with the Yahoo Fantasy app to connect with their passion fo…

Thanks to companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, space travel is becoming more of a reality for regular citizens of our beautiful planet. As companies and space agencies start providing these rides in the future, it is imperative that we make considerations for and provide the right accommodations t…

Depending on where you are in this world, you may see public transportation like trains and buses have arrangements for wheelchair users where seats already installed can be folded and concealed so that a wheelchair user can simply wheel in, occupy that spot, secure their wheelchair to the vehicle f…

Baton Rouge, LA, Oct. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adhera Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCPK: ATRX) (“Adhera” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announces that manufacturing has commenced of MLR-1019 (armesocarb) for use in the Company’s planned …