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Meet MIT's first student with non-speaking autism – WYPR

Non-speaking teen with autism — once thought to be intellectually disabled — accepted at MIT WBUR | By Grace Griffin, Karyn Miller-Medzon, Robin Young Published August 26, 2025 at 11:43…

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MIT K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics celebrates Sierra Leone's inaugural class of orthotic …

Google Search Imported: December 5, 2024 Tags: Bionics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MIT · Prostheses - Prosthetics · Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone initiative includes improvements across the supply chain for assistive technologies … Related Topics. Assistive technology · Medical …

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MIT D-Lab students collaborate with adaptive design center in Mexico

Google Search Imported: May 15, 2024 Tags: Adaptive Design · Disabilities · Disabled · Living · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MIT

MIT D-Lab and Perkins School for the Blind work together to build assistive technology for children with disabilities in Mexico.

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Perkins School for the Blind Teams with MIT to Host Hackathon: The Super Bowl of Accessibility

Google Search Imported: March 20, 2024 Tags: Accessibility · AI · Artificial Intelligence · disability · Hackathon · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MIT · Perkins School for the Blind

Perkins School for the Blind Teams with MIT to Host Hackathon: The Super Bowl of Accessibility By Maya Shwayder | 24 hours ago RecommendTweet EmailPrint More More on Schools Subscribe…

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Learning challenges shape a mechanical engineer's path | MIT News

Google Search Imported: February 12, 2023 Tags: Assistive Technology · Dyslexia · Engineering · Learning Disabilities · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MIT

“I observed assistive technologies — developed by scientists and … so he sought out adaptive technology — Kurzweil, a text-to-audio program.

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