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NEW SMARTPEN REVIEW: The Cheapest Smartpen Out Now – Livescribe Aegir!
What's a Smartpen? These handy devices are pens that record both your handwriting and audio while you write. When you tap on the notes you've written with a smartpen, it will play back the audio recorded at the exact moment you were writing. This technology is...
Accessible Gaming for SWITCH users – It’s NOT what you think. (It’s so much more!)
Early this year I had the pleasure to attend the ATiA 2019 Conference - one of the biggest assistive technology conferences in the world. ATiA Conferences offer hundreds of ways to learn about assistive technology through sessions, speakers, brainstorming sessions,...
Options To Hear The TV
During these cold winter days it is nice to spend them indoors and watch a favorite TV episode, movie or series. But what if you have a partial hearing loss or maybe your hearing aids just aren’t enough to hear the TV? Missing dialogue, muffled words, or straining...
Are YOU a Possibility Maker?
Thanks to Possibility Makers like you and your Giving Hearts Day donations last year, Kemo, Shirley, Mark, John, Myron, Cathy, and 26 other people received assistive technology (AT) through the Possibilities Fund to help them live fuller, safer, more independent...
Giving Hearts Day Funds Provide Assistive Technology for the Possibilities Grant Program
This article is from Beth Bakke Stenehjem: Last Summer at Camp Grassick I was introduced to Mickey Teubner. He had recently moved back to North Dakota and was attending ND Association of the Blind’s weeklong camp. I soon learned that Mickey who is blind is very...
Need Low Cost Healthcare Supplies? HERO Is Here For You!
What is HERO? HERO stands for Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization. We do healthcare supplies. Affordably. HERO collects and distributes donated healthcare equipment and supplies at low or no cost to benefit those in need locally and globally. Our...
How to Make My Cellphone Louder: 3 cellphone amplifiers for everyday use
As more and more people are moving from landline telephones to cellphones, we experience a subsequential increase in the question: "How can I make my cellphone louder?" Through this blog we will explore 3 different ways to make your cellphone louder. These devices...
Which iPad App to Use?
Using electronic applications “apps” on an iPad can be a great solution for a student who needs additional support in their educational journey. Educational apps can provide an ideal transition from school to home, promoting greater learning. However, searching...
Meet ND Assistive’s Newest Employee
Name: Gerri Sarsten Started at ND Assistive: November 2018 Hometown: Laurel, Montana (Home of the Locomotives!) Job Title: Administrative Assistant - Mandan Office Family: I am married to Kraig and we have 3 fantastic sons. Layn (22) is a student at Minot...
Ice and Snow Won’t Stop Me from Where I Want To Go: Assistive Technology for Ice and Snow
Here in North Dakota, we sound a little like the Starks of Winterfell, "Winter is coming." Winter comes every year and with it snow, and ice, and more snow, and more ice. In Fargo, and for much of the surrounding region, the last week of 2018 went out with a bang,...
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