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Assistive and HERO Celebrate Older Americans Month!
May is Older Americans Month and this year’s theme is Engage at Every Age. The theme emphasizes that you are never too old (or too young) to take part in activities that can enrich your physical, mental and emotional well-being and celebrates the many ways older...
The Silver Alert System: Locating Our Population Who Are Vulnerable
Today, May 3, marks one year that North Dakota signed the Silver Alert system into law. ND’s Silver Alert system is a quick response system to help locate missing persons that include disabled and vulnerable elderly adults, as well as minors who have developmental...
The Critter Catcher as Assistive Technology?
Do you have difficulty retrieving tiny items off the floor such as your pills, band-aids, contact lens, hearing aid battery, coins, etc., and your standard Reacher is not cut out for the job? If so, the...
Assistive Celebrates Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Week
Assistive is pleased to recognize Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Week April 8-14 and are happy to celebrate it with all of our partners who are Vision Rehabilitation Therapists. The ND Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the ND...
Assistive Technology Is Not for the Weak!
Phrases I hear too often... "I hope I'll never need Assistive Technology (AT)." "I don't need AT because someone else does that task for me." "I could use AT, but I won't because it will make me stick-out from the crowd." These perceptions of Assistive...
Use Your Landline Phone to Make Calls with the Echo Connect!
Have you gone totally cellular? Has it left you missing the low hum of a well tuned dial tone? Do you miss the nostalgic feeling of dialing on a rotary phone - spending no less than 30 seconds cranking in a phone number only to get one digit wrong...
AbleLink Apps Create Independence
I have been following the work of AbleLink Technologies since I first saw them at a conference back in the late 90's. I remember being captivated by their software applications on Personal Digital Assistants or PDAs,...
Brain Injury Awareness Month
March is a time to conduct awareness on brain injury and recognize that more than 5 million Americans or more than 13,000 North Dakotans currently live with a disability as a result of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). TBI is...
What Do You Do with an App Like Due?
I heard about the Due App from a buzz surrounding the Assistive Technology (AT) community. When something trends in our quirky group of professionals, you know it must be good. One trip to the App Store and 4 dollars and 99 cents later I had the app in hand and was...
Amplify Your Cell Phone at Home
The number of older American adults relying on their cell phones over the use of a landline to make calls at home is growing. Those older American adults that have a hearing loss can now enjoy amplified calls using their existing cell phone service with an...
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