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We have updated our extensive database of free and inexpensive adaptive technology, including Apple Apps (i.e, iPod touch, iPhone and iPad). We also reviewed built-in accessibility features for Apple computers, Windows 7, iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. Free and Inexpensive Adaptive Technology Database Free and Inexpensive Technology Database: Apple Apps (iPod touch, iPhone and iPad) […]

We have completed our research projects on the Use and Accessibility of Social Media by College and University Students with Disabilities and a Quebec Study Comparing the Satisfaction and Academic Success of College Students With and Without Disabilities. For more information on those projects, visit: Use and Accessibility of Social Media by College and University […]

Dawson College and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal have been awarded a College Centre for Technology Transfer in Innovative Social Practices (CCTT-PSN) that will contribute to the development and adoption of practices that foster optimal integration of individuals with a variety of disabilities into postsecondary education and the workplace. The CCTT is called Centre de […]

Co-Director Jennison Asuncion was recently interviewed to get his opinions on a number of web accessibility topics for the blog, Art of Accessibility. Interview with Jennison Asuncion (MS Word) Interview with Jennison Asuncion (PDF)

The French-language publication, Découvrir, features Adaptech Research Network Co-Director, Catherine Fichten, and long-time research partner, Joan Wolforth, Director of the Office for Students with Disabilities at McGill University. The focus is on our various research activities. The article is titled Dialogos : Technologies de l’information – Surmonter les Handicaps and can be found in volume […]

You can see demonstrations of some of the free and inexpensive software featured in our Resources section by watching a brief video we produced.

We recently completed an archival study looking at the relationship between standardized grades of 9406 recent Dawson College graduates with and without disabilities and their perceptions of academic obstacles and facilitators. Project Details: Registering for Disability Related Services and Academic Outcomes of College Graduates

The Adaptech Research Network in collaboration with our partners recently completed three studies whose goal was to explore obstacles and facilitators to college studies and examine what happens to college graduates with and without disabilities a year after graduation. Project Details: Obstacles and Facilitators of Student Success: Cegep Students with Disabilities

“Disability Matters”, the CBC’s English Language web-based column on disability issues profiles Adaptech Research Network Co-Director Maria Barile. – CBC ‘Disability Matters’ Article (HTML) – CBC ‘Disability Matters’ Article (PDF)