Peter Drakos lives and breathes outdoor adventure. So when the opportunity rolls around each spring to ride a bike up Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier, he’s one of the first to […]
MonTECH’s Recumbent Tandem Takes a Ride Up Going-to-the-Sun
Category: Blog
MSU Student’s Makers Chapter Builds Switches for Montanans, by Shawna Hanson
Eleni Comstock is genuine. Real. Take her recent interview with NASA. They asked if she was interested in space. Her response? No. Today she is working for NASA as a […]
Hands-free iPad Access: Hawkeye Continues to Evolve, by Alyssa Dimmick
Hawkeye Access is a free app that allows hands-free web access by using eye and facial movements, making accessing the web much easier for someone with limited mobility. Although the […]
Gadgets for Safer, Easier At-home Cooking, by Alyssa Dimmick
Life with COVID-19 means many of us are cooking at home a lot more often. Cooking can be a challenge for people with disabilities, but assistive kitchen gadgets can help […]
MonTECH Navigating COVID-19 with New Director at the Helm
Molly Kimmel took the reins of MonTECH in April, when Montana was eyeball-deep in the global pandemic and the program’s loan program was temporarily suspended in accordance with shelter-in-place directives. […]
Technology and Tenacity Are Keys to Tenley’s Independence
Mathieu Stoker shows me a video of his eight-year-old daughter, Tenley, climbing up on a bench. Disney’s Moana plays on a television off-screen. Tenley’s progress is painstaking. She has […]
Identifying Children with Deaf-Blindness, and Raising Our Expectations for Them
Early identification of children who are deaf-blind is a primary goal for the Montana Deaf-Blind Project (MTDB). How many kids in Montana have that dual sensory impairment? Well, it depends […]
Sarah Rates the BuzzClip
Sarah Tienhaara, 13, dreams of owning and racing a dog sled team. She gets fired up just thinking about it. “Mushing isn’t a sport,” she explains. “It’s a lifestyle. You […]
Like Bikes? We need a VISTA!
Work with MonTECH as an Americorps VISTA starting in July! This person will be expanding and strengthening our Wheels Across Montana (WAM) program. This position is for you if you […]
Makers Make Customized Assistive Tech Affordable
Did you see the ad for Microsoft’s adapted Xbox controller during this year’s Super Bowl? You know the one, “When everybody plays, we all win” (cue happy tears). The ad […]