An inspiring tale: Barbara Johnson wins MITFCU People Helping People Award
Honor recognizes efforts to improve the day-to-day experiences and long-term prospects of people with hearing loss and other disabilities.
Captioning at scale
Company’s more-efficient captioning system processes hundreds of video-hours per day.
Beaver Works hosts Assistive Technologies Hackathon
MIT students hack away at problems faced by local community members living with disabilities.
Open Style Lab: Fashion design with a social impact
Students create innovative clothing through assistive technologies and user-centered design.
MechE spinoff launches all-terrain wheelchair in U.S.
Based on an original design for use in developing countries, new Freedom Chair is specially designed for U.S. and European markets.
Creative abilities
From Boston to Bangalore, MIT senior Priyanka Saha uses technology to empower people with disabilities.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli visits MIT in support of assistive technology and global poverty reduction
Daylong visit highlights work by MIT researchers and others at CSAIL and J-PAL.
Andrea Bocelli and MIT showcase research advancements this Friday
Andrea Bocelli will attend workshops at MIT featuring research on vision impairment and social impact programs funded by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and conducted at MIT.
Students develop assistive technologies
Undergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.
3 Questions: A Web for everyone
Judy Brewer leads the Web Accessibility Initiative, which developed standards that help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
Finding the right IT tools for persons with disabilities
As another academic year comes into view, ATIC staff are out in front, testing IT tools for those who have various disabilities or temporary injuries, such as visual or hearing impairments, dyslexia, or repetitive strain injuries.