The 15th biennial ISAAC Conference is being held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Saturday, July 28 through Saturday, August 4, 2012, and, in addition to alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) topics, it will feature a wide variety of workshops and sessions addressing what’s new in assistive technology from development to usage.
A pre-conference highlight is the Apple [...]

Crick Software: Clicker 6 (literacy without limits!) has arrives along with their new “LearningGrids” site. LearningGrids is owned and run by Crick Software to supply free learning resources for WriteOnline, Clicker and ClozePro. To learn more visit their site at http://www.cricksoft.com/us/home.aspx.
Don Johnston, Inc.: Snap&Read is an accessible toolbar that reads any text on-screen as it [...]

More than 5 million U.S. students face the challenge of trying to learn math, science and social studies at the same time they are trying to build English language skills. Now, when English Language Learners (ELL) learn with NovaNET Courseware, they will discover a powerful tool for overcoming this hurdle, thanks to the digital learning [...]

Laureate Learning Systems, Inc., a leading developer of special education software, recently received a $1.6 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop research-based vocabulary intervention software for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and [...]

ARLINGTON, VA – RESNA, the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America, announced today that eligibility requirements for the Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) exam certification have been enhanced to better recognize candidates with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in special education. In addition, work experience has been modified to focus on actual hours worked, [...]