Our first podcast of 2023 is out today!
We kick off 2023 by speaking about sibs and access to technology with one of our past Chairs and Associate Research Professor at the University of Kansas, Shea Tanis.
Not providing opportunities to engage in technology, we’re just creating new walls of institutions, and those become digital walls.
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One big thing that we can do as brothers and sisters is share our technologies with our brothers and sisters.
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Siblings are awesome at knowing what their sib hopes and dreams for the future and being able to help realize those dreams, and technology is just one support to be able to do that.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- SLN Endorses The Declaration of The Rights of People with Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access
- Technology First
- Self-Determination
- Assistive Technology Acts
- Digital Equity Act
- State Assistive Technology Program Information
- Affordable Connectivity Program
- Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program
- National Network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD)
- UCEDDs by State
- “digital equity forums” Google search
- State of the States
- Shea Tanis – Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Associate Research Professor KU
- Appendix K Waivers
- ARPA Funds
- American Rescue Plan
- “digital health wearables” Google search
- SibNet on Facebook
- Sibling Support Project
- Consumer Electronics Showcase
- CES Accessibility Category
- Haptic technology
- Tactile Internet
As we see technology become so ubiquitous, it’s become a need for quality of life.
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