Accessibility Tools
Setting The Stage designs and creates home environments that are more accessible to all people — regardless of age, size, or physical abilities. Presenter Linda Chinman Pollock is the founder of Setting The Stage LLC. She is a Certified Aging In Place Specialist, as well as a Certified Living In Place Professional. She has been […]
New Jersey ABLE is a tax-advantaged savings account for people with disabilities. ABLE accounts promote financial independence without jeopardizing eligibility for many means tested benefits. Please join us on August 22nd at 12 noon for a presentation with Cristine Chickadel, NJ’s ABLE Account Representative, to learn more about this important financial tool.
Scanning Pens, a text-to-speech tool provides support to those with reading challenges across the globe. Join us as we show our portable pens in action!
In this webinar you will learn who benefits from this photo-based augmentative and alternative communication and an overview of why App2Speak was created and how to use it.
Join the Pinelands Alliance next month for a conversation with Disability Rights New Jersey staff attorneys Craig Ismaili and Regina Smith. They will share about the world of sensory disabilities by summarizing the regulations regarding inclusion and accessibility for individuals with vision impairments, deaf or hard of hearing, sensory processing disorders, and anxiety. Presenters will highlight examples from […]
Join us for the 7th Annual Assistive Technology Statewide Conference to be held at the Conference Center at Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey, on September 19 and 20, 2023. This year the ATAC team has supersized the event to a 2-day event of fun and learning along with our parent organization, Disability Rights New […]
Pocketalk is a handheld audio and text translation device that can be used just about anywhere to overcome language barriers in conversation. Teachers, nurses, first-responders, business owners, and many others depend on Pocketalk to provide timely communication when and where it matters most.
9.26.23 LIVE WEBINAR: 3PM Do you live and work in NJ and have a permanent disability? Do you want to know if NJ WorkAbility is an option for you to receive Medicaid? Join Disability Rights NJ Employment team for an update about the expansion of NJ Workability Medicaid eligibility and the implementation of program changes, […]
Come have fun and explore this incredible tool with Beth Poss.. Discover how entertaining it can be to make unique learning materials, including picture cards, bingo games, schedules, aac overlays, coloring pages, social narratives, first-then boards, learning games, math activities, and much more, using this online tool.
Gwen Orlowski, Executive Director will begin the webinar series with an overview of the nursing home report: PERSON FIRST: An Investigation and Legal Analysis of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New Jersey Nursing Homes. Session is expected to be 45 minutes long, with time for discussion about the report and investigation.
Jill Hoegel, Director Investigations and Monitoring Team and Bren Pramanik, Managing Attorney, Institutional Rights Team, will provide an overview of investigations and key finding one from PERSON FIRST: An Investigation and Legal Analysis of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New Jersey Nursing Homes report. Session is expected to be 45 minutes - 1 […]
Gwen Orlowski will provide an explanation into Key Finding Two from Person First: An investigation and legal analysis into people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in NJ Nursing homes. Session is expected to last 45-1 hour with time for discussion.
