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Entrepreneurship & Business Baltimore Maryland

This fintech tool for people with disabilities just won a major pitch competition

Written by Maria Eberhart October 1, 2025October 2, 2025

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Workforce & Jobs of the Future Philly

Some of AI’s workplace efficiency gains may exclude people with disabilities

Written by Sarah Huffman August 4, 2025September 21, 2025

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Civic News National

These simple but crucial policy updates could be game-changers for entrepreneurs with disabilities

Written by Diego Mariscal and Jasmin Sethi January 31, 2025December 7, 2025

Software Development National

5 assistive tech platforms to propel the future of work for people with disabilities

Written by Diego Mariscal July 10, 2024December 7, 2025

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Argentinian company wins $10k to expand open-source tool that helps people with speech impairments communicate

Written by Kaela Roeder May 30, 2024May 29, 2024

Diversity & Inclusion National

Assistive technology has a ‘sex appeal’ problem, and it’s failing disabled users, says tech founder and engineer

Written by Rebecca Rosenberg March 11, 2024December 7, 2025

Diversity & Inclusion Pittsburgh

Heather Conroy is building an employment pipeline for disabled Pittsburghers

Written by Rachel Wilkinson and Pittsburgh City Paper January 3, 2024

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Civic News Baltimore DC Delaware National Philly Pittsburgh

A newly introduced Senate bill could improve support for entrepreneurs with disabilities

Written by Michelle Shen December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

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Diversity & Inclusion Baltimore DC Delaware National Philly Pittsburgh

Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world

Written by Michele McDonnall and The Conversation December 21, 2023December 20, 2023

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Startups Baltimore

How entrepreneurship can look when you’re disabled: ‘There is absolutely nothing wrong with having to do things a bit differently’

Written by Alanah Nichole Davis December 13, 2023December 15, 2023

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Civic News Philly

‘I do believe I fell through the cracks’: LyVette Byrd on navigating life as a ‘suddenly blind person’

Written by Nichole Currie November 17, 2023September 22, 2025

Civic News Baltimore DC Delaware National Philly Pittsburgh

How I Got Here: Rory Cooper’s career in assistive technology led him to the White House

Written by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell November 2, 2023