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Michaela and Her Mom Find Freedom with Assistive Tech

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Shawna Hanson

Young woman with Down syndrome smiles while toasting her mom with a chocolate chip cookie she baked at her new bakery job.

Michaela Turner moved to Montana last year. The 32-year-old has Down syndrome and was well supported in Massachusetts. Here? “It was a shocker,” Mom Becky remembers. “Michaela is now on […]

MonTECH 2022 Annual Report

Posted on January 20, 2023, Edited January 20, 2023 by Shawna Hanson

Cover of 2022 Annual report show Michelle smiling, working with a teenager with Down syndrome who is laughing, and an older woman smiling while exploring adaptive kitchen tools. Text reads: 2022 Annual Report. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans of any age with any disability.

This year was amazing for MonTECH and the Montanans we serve. We rounded out our loan inventory for Montanans living with memory loss and their caregivers, and for outdoor enthusiasts […]

MontCOMM ’23: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) – Foundation, Framework, and Future

MontCOMM 2023 is a one-day immersion into the world of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), designed to support communicators of all ages. This year, national speakers and AAC/inclusion experts Ashley […]

Crafting Again Thanks to AT

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Shawna Hanson

Woman smiles while sitting in MonTECH's lab using a video magnifier.

Barb DeVore simply lived with her macular degeneration, adjusting and coping as her vision worsened. But this Christmas, she hit a wall. “My husband set up the Christmas tree in […]

Saving Money and Learning as We Go with Kinsley

Posted on January 5, 2021, Edited January 5, 2021 by Shawna Hanson

Kinsley sits at tray table and presses a switch to activate the toy she borrowed from MonTECH. Sweet looking little girl with hair in french braids.

Life with two-year-old Kinsley is a learning curve, and Kinsley’s family members are not the only ones learning as they go. When Kinsley was born, her newborn cry had a […]

Technology and Tenacity Are Keys to Tenley’s Independence

Posted on October 8, 2019, Edited October 8, 2019 by Shawna Hanson

Close-up of Tenley's face. She is smiling, with big brown eyes, dark hair pulled back in ponytail, and a bright blue headband.

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 […]

MonTECH’s Move Is Complete!

Posted on May 11, 2018, Edited May 11, 2018 by Shawna Hanson

MonTECH is happy to announce our relocation across campus. Quite apart from the practical benefits of our new space, we enjoy the daily drama of preschoolers on the playground outside […]