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  Pedaling for Possibilities (P4P) recipient Ruth Barnes shares her story. "I live in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  I have spinal stenosis which causes me a lot of lower back pain.  That stenosis is now going into my neck as well.  Before I received my lift...

IPAT would like to extend our sincere thanks to our Leader Level Sponsors, WDAY and North Dakota Vocational Rehabilitation!  Through their generous donations we will be able to provide more assistive technology to individuals throughout North Dakota and Moorhead,...

  Difficulty hearing the television is frustrating! Muffled words, missing dialogue, or straining to hear are just a few of many annoying problems that occur when individuals can't hear the television. Turning the volume up can sometimes fix the issue, but may...

If you follow our blog and have been reading our recent posts, you know that IPAT’s annual stationary bike fundraiser, Pedaling for Possibilities (P4P), is just around the corner!   Today I want to share with you the story of a past P4P grant recipient who had big...

One of my first posts on the IPAT Blog was called The Replacements, iOS apps that were alternatives to physical talking identifiers for people with visual impairment.  Today I thought we'd talk about identifier apps on the Android side of the coin. Talking Color...

With less than a month to go, it is time to gear up for Pedaling for Possibilities (P4P)! For those of you who already belong to a P4P bike team, thank you! Remember, now is the time to connect with your team captain and begin raising those dollars. The more you...

The cold weather we have had lately makes most of us want to stay indoors and avoid venturing out into the cold.  Many of us have been in our living rooms enjoying indoor activities such as reading, watching movies, playing games, and putting together puzzles. ...

PEAT is an Android based tablet or smartphone application that provides cueing and scheduling assistance, replacing or supporting executive functioning for individuals with memory, attention, or cognitive disorders. Most scheduling applications work this way;...

Users of assistive technology are like anyone else in the sense that they don’t want to look different. We all want to go about our daily lives feeling confident, and basically just fitting in. The items that we are looking at fill an assistive technology need and...