The Nisonger Center's TechSummit is an annual conference with a focus on technology as it relates to developmental disabilities. With funding from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council and support from Assistive Technology of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, TechSummit 2021 will be conducted virtually in an online format. This is the third annual TechSummit event. We encourage you to register and invite your friends!

Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH) presents Camp CreATe, a week-long, hands-on experience making, taking, and exploring Assistive Technology for home, school, work, and play. Whether you join us for a single day or all five, it is sure to be an amazingly creative week!

You are invited to join the great Southwest this fall - submit a proposal for the 2015 Southwest Disability Conference, to be held October 6-9, 2015 during the forty-fourth International Balloon Fiesta.

The 2012 Conference theme is "Access For All: To Boldly Go Where Everybody Else Has Gone Before."

The use of new technologies, including mixed-reality environments, may provide an alternate and efficient means of helping students succeed socially in postsecondary education. Learn how these new technologies are being used to transform the learning experiences of students with intellectual disability as they work on social skills such as self-advocacy, collaborative learning, and interviewing.

This webinar from Think College at the Institute for Community Inclusion will introduce all iPad users to the many applications, settings, features, functions, and apps that make the iPad a state-of-the-art personal learning device. Learn how to take notes, make audio recordings, add email accounts, activate speech to text, and other functions. Participants will learn about the uses and possibilities of available apps for productivity, social networking, storage, reading, personalized newspapers, and much more.

This workshop will demonstrate the top 10 iPad applications that support reading, writing, and communication; the Livescribe Pen; and software that makes reading and writing easier for all. In addition, an assortment of 25 other devices, tips, and tricks will also be shared.

This workshop will demonstrate the top 10 iPad applications that support reading, writing, and communication; the Livescribe Pen; and software that makes reading and writing easier for all. In addition, an assortment of 25 other devices, tips, and tricks will also be shared.

This hands-on workshop uses 42 different tools and materials for fabricating hundreds of AT solutions in minutes without the use of electricity. Each participant will use a "MacGyver AT Kit" of assorted tools and materials and will fabricate five assistive technology solutions. In addition, each participant will receive a switch-making kit, a "Mini MacGyver AT Tape Kit"containing 10 specialty tapes, an AT transformer kit that includes 14 PVC pieces for fabricating 15 different AT solutions, and a copy of the book Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes containing over 600 examples.

This hands-on, interactive workshop will provide examples of how assistive technology can be used to assist students transitioning from school to work, to post-secondary education, or to community living. Examples will include devices to increase independence and productivity, and effective use of electronic memory and prompting devices. Assistive technology transition planning tools will also be shared.

Turn your students' day into one of engagement and interaction, all within an accessible environment supporting communication. Participants who are new to Boardmaker Plus! v.6 or have upgraded from Boardmaker 5 will learn the basics of how to: create customized boards for print and interactive boards with sounds, prompts, and feedback; capture student responses in a report; search, download, and import free online activities that you can modify with your own content; create interactive books and writing activities; and much more! A CD of sample activities and handouts will be provided.

This hands-on, interactive workshop will demonstrate over 70 easy-to-make, low-tech assistive technology solutions made from readily available, inexpensive materials that enable individuals to "age in place" and remain independent and active at home and in their communities. The solutions include memory aids, back saving solutions, mobility aids, home modification ideas, solutions for low vision or hearing loss, and solutions for arthritis.

This workshop will demonstrate dozens of the latest applications (apps) for use on mobile devices, online, and on the go to support individuals with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. Several apps for Apple and Android mobile devices like iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and the Motorola Droid will be demonstrated. Participants will also learn how to install and run portable apps on a USB drive for use on any computer, as well as how to access web-based apps online. Apple devices will be available for hands-on experience. (This session is also offered May 13, 2011.)