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    Category: Work & LifeFebruary 11, 2019

    The power of technology for people with disabilities

    One of technology’s most fundamental purposes is empowering people to do more, and that’s why people with disabilities are often the ultimate early adopters. Those of us with more challenges to overcome in work and play may have more to gain by using newly conceived tools or even helping to perfect them. The stories below are about people on the cutting edge of developments in artificial intelligence, gaming, communication and more — all at the powerful intersection between accessibility and technology.

    girl uses round gadgets with knobs and linked together by wires to learn coding

    These curious gadgets can open a new world for kids who are blind

    Students across the U.K. got to test this new way to learn how to code by touch. Now a nonprofit plans to bring this powerful tool to kids around the world who are blind or have low vision.

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    A girl in a wheelchair grins as she plays a video game, a crowd of other kids watching and smiling

    New controller is making gaming far more accessible

    The Xbox Adaptive Controller allows gamers with a wide range of physical disabilities to customize their setups in whatever ways help them play their best.

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    A girl who has Down syndrome and her brother both grin as they look at a computer screen as they plan building a robot

    How building robots together is opening doors and hearts

    This extraordinary program pairs students with intellectual disabilities with other kids to create robots for a yearly competition. These teams develop useful career skills, empathy and, often, new friendships.

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    If I want to play a game entirely with my feet, I can. I can make the controls fit my body, my desires — and I can change them anytime I want.

    Photo of man with his head resting on a pillow, smiling broadly

    Man living with ALS can now work and communicate – all with his eyes

    His business was booming, but his muscles were failing him. This data analyst didn’t think he’d be able to do his work again — until he discovered a new tool.

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    A box is opened wide and flat, revealing an Xbox adaptive controller

    How gamers with disabilities helped design this unusual packaging

    The Xbox Adaptive Controller was designed for people with limited mobility, so shouldn’t the packaging be as easy to use as the device inside?

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    A man who is deaf takes part in a classroom lecture

    AI is making a big difference for students who are deaf

    Joseph Adjei, a college student from Ghana who lost his hearing seven years ago, is using technology to help him follow classroom lectures.

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    The regular students are with the special-ed kids and that’s what he needs … It’s one-on-one attention. Robotics isn’t the point. Inclusion is.

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