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Alexa Accessibility – Show and Tell on the Echo Show »

Technology has improved our lives in many different ways and not just by making things easier and more convenient. We are better connected and better informed. Due to the evolution and advancement of...

World Autism Awareness Day (02/04/20). »

In December of 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared that April 2nd of every year will be officially known as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). This was due to the high rate of Autism...

WIPO Technology Trends 2021 – Assistive Technology »

This recently released World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Report finds significant growth in assistive technologies as they find greater application in consumer goods. The Convention...

Transport Accessibility Improvements March 2021 »

The last month has seen a number of announcement to improve the accessibility of transport vehicles and stations in Ireland. Two major recent announcements include the re-running of the Wheelchair Accessible...

The RNIB created a prototype of a pregnancy test for people who are blind or partially sighted »

To acknowledge the fact that people have a shared humanity, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)’s recent ‘Design for Everyone’ campaign used the example of pregnancy...