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MonTECH – Improving Lives with Technology Annual Report FY2018 Montana’s Assistive Technology Loan Program and Training Resource “We had the great pleasure of working with (MonTECH) staff this year. We […]

  As a social worker, Sarah Imoe investigated allegations of child abuse for Child Protective Services.  Facing parents resentful of her presence in their homes was part of the job, […]

Last New Year’s Eve, Elaine Casey’s seventh child was born at home.  Her previous home births were complication-free, so there was no reason to expect anything different this time.  But […]

Ask 11-year-old Olivia Hawley what she wants to be when she grows up, and you’ll get an impressive answer: “I wanna be a neurosurgeon.” Achieving that goal would mean a […]

Written by Scott Thomas Eye gaze, switch control, and similar technologies hold great value, permitting people with little to no function of their extremities or voice to live productively; unfortunately, […]

Finding stable employment has not been easy for Robert Wilkins, 31.  Diagnosed with Bardet–Biedl syndrome, along with two of his five siblings, Wilkins has low vision.  His quest for work […]

By Scott Thomas MonTECH Four years ago, in my first months of using an eye-operated computer to communicate, I was conversing with my parents in a crowded restaurant. During our […]

 A 69-year-old Latin percussionist came to technology consultant Ed Worrell to learn how to send emails.  They worked together for the next several years, achieving one simple goal then moving […]