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Caption: 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.
Credit: John Chater
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Caption: 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.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: Dr. Kent Cullers is a blind physicist who leads the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Palo Alto, Calif.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: 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.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: 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.
Credit: Janet Cole
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Caption: Dean Kamen's IBOT mobility system in use. Dean Kamen sees his inventions as ways to allow us to move past what was once thought of as disabling.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: Shoshana Brand using a keyboard created for her as a child by a family friend. Her mother, Jackie Brand, has created the organization Alliance for Technology Access that is dedicated to providing training and access to technology for people with disabilities.
Credit: Courtesy of Jackie Brand
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Caption: Susanna Sweeney-Martini currently attends the University of Washington, Seattle. She feels her voice input software is "the best thing they ever came up with for me – well aside from a wheelchair."
Credit: John Chater
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Caption: Floyd Stewart with his granddaughter, Imani.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: Dr. Kent Cullers is a blind physicist who leads the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Palo Alto, Calif.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: 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.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: Gladys Wong is working with a specialist using assistive technology to help with her hearing loss.
Credit: Janet Cole
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Caption: Shoshana Brand using assistive technology to start her own small business, developing movies that describe scenery, costumes and facial expressions for the visually impaired.
Credit: Robert Elfstrom
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Caption: Filmmakers Jamie Stobie (left) and Janet Cole
Credit: John Haptas
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