Susanna Sweeney-Martini currently attends the University of Washington, Seattle. She is

completing her courses with the aid of a power wheelchair and voice-input software.

A disability rights advocate in Nashville, Tennessee, Floyd Stewart became a quadriplegic after a car

accident in his mid-thirties. He now uses assistive technologies to run Middle Tennessee’s Center for

Independent Living.

Dr. Kent Cullers is a blind physicist who leads the Search for

Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Palo Alto, Calif.

Latoya Nesmith of Albany, NY uses a keyboard that mitigates her limited dexterity to

complete her classroom assignments. She plans on one day being a translator at the

United Nations.

At 93, Gladys Wong's profound hearing loss is not unusual for her age. Currently, over 40% of Americans 65 and older have a disability. Gladys

is determined to investigate new

technologies that can help alleviate her

handicap

Shoshana Brand using assistive technology to start her own small business, developing

movies that describe scenery, costumes and facial expressions for the visually impaired.

How can you utilize assistive technology?

• http://www.ataccess.org/

• The mission of the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is to increase the use of technology by children and adults with disabilities and functional limitations.