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Technology to Make Living with a Disability Easier

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THE ACCESSIBLE HOME: PUTTING TECHNOLOGY TO WORK FOR YOU
Today there are thousands of products on the market that make living with a disability easier. Computers and related software do everything from speaking the printed page to the blind or those with low-vision to typing the words someone with a physical disability can only speak and everything in between. Search this section for tips and devices, simple and complex, portable or limitation due to aging safer, easier, and more independent.

For more tips, products, and strategies for making your home more accessible, see "Home Accessibility: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier," by Shelley Peterman Schwarz, available online or in bookstores in late 2011.

Tips & Products: Technology

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Eliminate wrist strain while using a computer mouse

To eliminate wrist strain and make using a computer mouse easier, use an ergonomic mouse pad...

Use an e-ticket for flying if you are a disabled traveler

E-tickets offer many advantages to the traveler with a disability.

Avoid injury - take a break from the computer

Reduce fatigue, repetitive strain injuries, myopia, and other computer use conditions by...

QuickLink Pen makes notetaking as simple as a stroke of your hand

If you have limited use of your hands or difficulty writing and need to take notes from reading mate..

Ask for devices that will make hospital stay more comfortable

236 When you are in the hospital, there are several devices that may make your stay more comforta

Talking newspapers for low-vision readers

NFB-NEWSLINE® allows those who cannot read conventional newsprint to "read" newspapers...

Recycle or donate old cell phones

Last week, my husband and I renewed our cell phone contract and we chose new cell phones. Then the

Make bill paying easier - on-line

If you have difficulting writing checks, keeping a balance in the checkbook, or you live in an area

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