The Huffington Post: Not one for letting technological barriers get in the way of his son’s health, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at→

Making life easier for people in need is always good business, as one entrepreneur has discovered. The assistive devices started really by accident. My→

The increasing popularity of touchscreen phones has caused some problems for the visually impaired. However, the new BrailleTouch app hopes to fix that. In→

Known as “the hand that makes a difference,” EvenPar Enterprises is a company that was launched by Michael Duncan to help people with a→

PSFK.com reports that one of the winning entries at the 2010 Red Dot Concept Design is the “Haptic Braille” by Baek Kil Hyun. The→

Vanessa Heywood had the world at her feet, her talent as a actor, singer and dancer winning her roles in prestigious touring theatre productions→

Sgt. Neil Avant was on his way to a meeting in Baghdad when a man wearing women’s clothing and a bomb blew himself up.→

The Roanoke Times: Margaret Ellis talks expressively and laughs often about her work and family, two parts of her life intertwined. “Running a business→

David Shunkey is autistic and around the same time the recession hit he lost two jobs. Now he’s trying to launch his own business→

Imagine if you could pick up Braille just by playing with a ball. Fast Company reports that a new conceptual toy by recent Pratt→

Anne Marie Fantin has always worried about what type of jobs her son would be able to get once he was finished with school.→

Saudi Gazette: Two years ago, Abo Dayah’s car broke down on his way from Jizan, where he was studying, to Riyadh, where his family→

According to NPR, Steve Kitchin, who was in his 30s at the time, became a quadriplegic. His legs were paralyzed, but he still has→

TIME‘s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. Tens of→

BusinessWeek: Apple is widely celebrated for making devices as easy to use as they are elegantly designed. What customers probably don’t know is that→

DailyCamera.com: On any weekend, you’re likely to find Bridget Lane baking cookies. But her cookies are a little more complex than the average chocolate→

Las Vegas Sun: A glue-gun base became an invaluable welding tool, a pool ladder became a support stand and a wooden disc became new→

Popular Science: When Michael Callahan was 17, he lost his short-term memory when he hit his head in a skateboarding accident. “The neural pathways→

TuscaloosaNews.com: Hands-free fingernail polish, a Braille keyboard, a guitar pick for someone missing a hand, a baby carrier for a mother with cerebral palsy.→

BusinessWeek: In mid-2006, Susan Perry was inspired by her niece, who suffers from macular degeneration. Sitting at a restaurant, Perry grabbed a napkin and→