Selfies are all the rage these days. Using this popular technique of taking photos, Mastercard is trialing a new method of payment that may be helpful to people with disabilities. The company’s new mobile app, called “Identity Check Mobile” (and popularly known as Selfie Pay) allow…

Ever thought of getting into the Internet of Things to create your own assistive technology solutions? Here’s a prototype that you can build on your own to create “smart buttons” that can be used by elderly people, people who are bed ridden because of injuries or ailments, or basic…

If you watched Apple’s “Hello Again” event last week, you would have noticed that the keynote event opened with this video: There was emphasis on accessibility right from the get go. Tim Cook announced the new Apple accessibility website, which puts emphasis on how people with dis…

Go is a 3D printed wheelchair. Customized to user’s body dimensions for comfort, safety, and flexibility. Allows users to participate in design process. Customer gets it in 3 weeks.  Just like crutches, wheelchairs haven’t seen much of a design overhaul over a long period of time. Many …

Wouldn’t it be great if there was something that would describe everything to a blind person? Could read text to them? Identify objects in the grocery store? Faces of family and friends? Tell them when the red light turns green? Orcam, a tech company from Israel has been around for six years. …

ASDetect, an app launched in February this year, helps parents detect early signs of Autism in their children – when they are as young as 11 to 30 months old. The app, which consists of an assessment , takes around 20 minutes to complete. Through the assessment, parents answer a series of ques…

In the recent years, we have seen the use of beacons to help people with vision impairment navigate their immediate surroundings. Some prominent examples can be seen at London’s busy Euston station, and city of Strasbourg in France. Beacons are placed everywhere at a physical location like an …

Surprisingly, something as necessary as crutches have barely evolved over time. Beyond the inclusion of bandages or padded handgrips, no significant changes have been made since ancient Egyptians. KMINA has developed a new crutch concept in order to improve the mobility and quality of life of users.…

Children and students have access to many resources that encourage them to socialize, however, they lose access to many of those resources, when they graduate and enter adulthood. The adult Autism community doesn’t have many resources that helps them make new friends and socialize. To help adu…

If you want to learn the basics of Autism Spectrum Disorder, this infographic should give you a good understanding of what is is, what are the experiences of people who have it, signs and symptoms, some statistics, history, therapies available for it, as well as some famous people who are on the spe…

Several people have difficulty tying their shoe laces because of Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s or other disabilities. A new set of sneakers from Nike, called HyperAdapt 1.0, are self-lacing shoes that can help people with disabilities tie their own shoe laces without depending on others. Unlike …

If you are a wheelchair user who also has an Apple Watch, you may have been looking forward to iOS 10 and watchOS 3 to enable wheelchair workouts on your Apple Watch. However, you may have noticed that the workouts didn’t show up when you updated both your phone and watch! That’s because…

Manual wheelchairs can be tough to maneuver on carpeted floors , in tight spaces in homes and offices, or even going up and down on short ramps. There is always the option to use powered wheelchairs but they are not always affordable. In order to make it easier and more convenient for manual wheelch…

The computer mouse is designed in such a way that moving it and clicking its buttons require some fine motor skills. For amputees who wear prosthetics, not having fine motor skills can be an obstacle in working efficiently with a computer. To make the process of interacting with a computer using a m…