Telling AT Stories

By Blogger Fred Tchang, Director of Assistive Technology Services at Advancing Opportunities It seems impossible to many people that a person who is blind can use an iPhone, that a person with a significant physical disability can drive himself to work, or that a person who can’t read can go to college. Impossible, until they see it done. Throughout the years, I’ve spoken with people who are unsure that their child/student/client could achieve a life goal, even with the support of assistive technology (AT). They might think that AT is just for people with physical disabilities or those who are good with computers or for anybody else but themselves. Even people with disabilities & parents of children with disabilities need to learn what’s possible. Sometimes it helps to see examples of other people, who are just like them, actually using, benefiting from their AT to convince them that, yes, this could make a difference. Read More  http://usodep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2014/02/25/telling-at-stories/