A new startup, WeWalk, which recently graduated from the Microsoft for Startups program, is making waves in the assistive technology world. WeWalk has invented a product by the same name that attaches to a regular white cane that not only detects obstacles for visually impaired people but also enha…

Continuing their trend of making shoes that works for everyone, Nike just announced a  new shoe that’s easy to take on and off for people with disabilities. The Air Zoom UNVRS was created keeping in mind WNBA player Delle Donne for basketball games and someone  like her sister Lizzie, who has …

Lego sets are possibly the most fun construction toys that are enjoyed by both children and adults. Through these fun lego sets, children learn a lot about planning, communication (if they are building with others), and team work while working on their motor skills. However, lego sets are very visua…

Engineers at De Montfort University have found an ingenious and inexpensive way of creating prosthetics. These engineers ground regular plastic bottles down and created polyester yarns from them. They then proceeded to create sockets that join prosthetic limbs to the body. Through this project, t…

Whether we are at home or work, we don’t really pay attention to the many sounds that surround us, and that we depend on to take action. Think of the microwave beeping – if it beeps, our food is cooked. If an infant is crying, we need to feed her or stop doing what we are doing and atten…

Cashel Enterprises, LLC (DE) has launched a Kickstarter for their new product HealthWhale, the next best thing in Disability Technology. HealthWhale, which is being released online and is soon to be released via mobile app, is designed for anyone who suffers a disabling event which classifies them f…

Brad and Bryan Manning were diagnosed with Stargardt disease when they were very little. Since then, they have been known as the blind brothers. Stargardt is a form of macular degeneration that causes a person to lose their central vision, keeping their peripheral vision intact.  However, t…

According to a 2016 study, someone develops Alzheimer’s disease every 66 seconds. Alzheimer’s causes progressive memory loss as well as slow degradation of other cognitive functions that are needed for daily activities and chores. Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, and ty…

“Oh I love acting. I love being theatrical” – Tommy Abelson Tommy Abelson, 36, has Autism. He is one of the 1200 residents and patients at the Center for Discovery location near Hurleyville, New York attending a music therapy program geared towards people with Autism and other complex condi…

If you think sign language is only for communicating with other human beings, think twice! Rebecca Malstrom, a gymnast and a student, became deaf at the age of 15. She has a dog, Molly, who is deaf too. Rebecca (Becca) has been teaching Molly some really neat tricks using ASL, and it’s really …

For the longest time, the cause of Tinnitus, the condition that makes a constant  ringing noise in a person’s ears, has been unknown. Tinnitus also doesn’t have a tried and tested cure or treatment. However, a group of scientists, led by Dr. Bao Shaowen think that they may have a breakthr…

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness around the world. Glaucoma occurs when pressure builds up inside the eyes which ultimately damages the optic nerve – the one that is responsible for sending images to the brain.  An astonishing 3.5% of the population aged 40 and above is diagno…

A lot of advancement has been made recently in the field of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) where electrodes implanted in a person’s brain can track “thoughts” and send them to a device (like a computer) to either communicate with others or to perform actions. Typically, these impl…

There is a very interesting clinical trial currently going on that is giving blind people the ability to see. All participants in this study have been blind for years, and thanks to a prosthesis called Orion that has been surgically implanted in their brain, they are helping researchers study how bl…