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Libby Folks Float the Kootenai with a Little Help from MonTECH and Missoula Parks & Rec

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Shawna Hanson
A group of smiling people in llife jackets give rock-on hand gestures while floating down a slow river in a raft. Some have developmental disabilities. Two are wearing life jackets in patriotic stars and stripes.

Libby lies south of Lake Koocanusa in the midst of the Kootenai National Forest. It is breathtakingly beautiful country and Stephanie Munts wants her clients to experience it first-hand. Stephanie […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AdaptiveRec, #MissoulaParks&Rec, MonTECH

Seeing AI for Android (It’s About Time!)

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Shawna Hanson
Dave holds up an Android phone and an iPhone. He stands in front of a MonTECH sign festooned with Christmas lights.

Written by Dave Gentry As a low-vision user of assistive technology for over 30 years, it’s hard to beat Microsoft’s Seeing AI. I have been using Seeing AI for the […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AssistiveTech, MonTECH

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AssistiveTech, MonTECH

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AssistiveTechnology, MonTECH

Celebrate at the Movies! Come See “This Is Not About Me”

Woman's face is obscured by a giant daisy. A penguin stands to her right, a Boston Terrier sits alertly at her left. Text reads, In celebration of National Assistive Technology Awareness Day, MonTECH is proud to present a free screening of This Is Not About Me.

In celebration of National Assistive Technology Awareness Day, MonTECH is proud to present a free screening of “This Is Not About Me” in Missoula on April 17th. This screening also […]

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AssistiveTechnology, MonTECH

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged #AssistiveTechnology, #SwitchAdaptedToys, MonTECH

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged Assistive Technology, MonTECH

MonTECH’s Move Is Complete!

Posted on May 11, 2018, Edited May 11, 2018 by Shawna Hanson
Simple campus map to our new location

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 […]

Posted in BlogTagged Adaptive Equipment, Assistive Technology, Education, MonTECH

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