Up to 500,000 people with speech impairments are being deprived of communication aids leaving them effectively "gagged", a parliamentary inquiry into the human rights of people with learning ...

Paralyzed individuals who feel trapped in their bodies may soon have the opportunity to communicate more easily, thanks to a new non-profit organization inspired by University research. The ...

Melissa Delaney is a freelance journalist who specializes in business technology. She is a frequent contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. "Hello. What's your name?" The 5-year-old boy ...

MSRL copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Mobile technologies are often hailed as a way to 'give voice to the voiceless.' Behind the praise, though, are beliefs about ...

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Bronwyn Hemsley has received research grant funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality & Safeguards Commission for work unrelated to this article ...