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“We can get things done. Yes, so it just made me more independent,” explains Courtney of her service dog, Donner. After applying for a service dog, it took two more years before Courtney was matched with Donner. Courtney talks about how his presence…

Pauline Ulrey is pictured with her first dog, Danny, after her introduction to the Leader Dog program of Rochester, Michigan, in 1963.

Pauline Ulrey pictured with her Leader Dog, Keller, in 1986

This model C-1 Cassette Book Machine was part of the free Braille and Talking Book service provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). This model became available in 1981 and has variable-speed control,…

This single-hand keyboard is one of three keyboards co-designed for users with a physical disability by British electronic products manufacturer Stephen Hobday and keyboard training expert Lillian Malt. The original single-hand keyboard was developed…

This assistive listening device was an early personal amplification system made by Telex Communications of Burnsville, Minnesota between the 1970s and 1990s. The Telex FM system amplified sound via FM transmission. Assistive listening devices…

The PRC Touch Talker with Minspeak® was one of the first augmentative communication devices produced by the Prentke Romich Company (PRC.) The Touch Talker was the company’s first portable speech-generating device, introduced in 1984. Minspeak…

A TDD is a teleprinter, an electronic device for text communication over a telephone line. The TDD allows people with hearing or speech difficulties to receive calls as typed messages. The original concept was developed by James C. Marsters, a…

The TeleBraille III enabled a deafblind person and a person using a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) to communicate by telephone. It could also be used for face-to-face communications between a deafblind person and a sighted person. It…

A keyguard, or computer overlay guide, is designed to enable people with upper extremity disabilities to use a standard computer keyboard. Intended for users who are unable to keep their hand elevated, who use a headwand or mouthstick, or are…