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AT Month

In honor of Gov. Kelly designating April as Assistive Technology Awareness Month, ATK gathered in Topeka to demonstrate available technology and celebrate the bill's signing
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A group of people stand around a wooden desk at which Gov. Kelly is seated as she holds up a signed legislative bill

Gov. Kelly Signs Assistive Technology Month

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People demonstrate objects on a platform stage to a seated audience
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People demonstrate objects on a platform stage to a seated audience

ATK Specialists demonstrate an AAC communication board

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A person in a blue polo stands behind a table with equipment while speaking
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A person in a blue polo stands behind a table with equipment while speaking

Cassie Ramon describes a collection of available devices to assist hard of hearing indivduals

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A proclamation with the seal of Kansas designates Assistive Technology Month
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A proclamation with the seal of Kansas designates Assistive Technology Month

Gov. Kelly designated April as Assistive Technology Awareness Month in Kansas

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People standing and in wheelchairs pose in front of a statue at the Kansas state Capitol
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People standing and in wheelchairs pose in front of a statue at the Kansas state Capitol

ATK staff and members pose with the governor's bill

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A woman with long blond hair holds up a TTY phone receiver during a demonstration
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A woman with long blond hair holds up a TTY phone receiver during a demonstration

ATK specialist demonstrations in Topeka explained assistive technology options

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A teddy bear sits in a red wheeled chair on a table in front of an audience

Assistive technology helps young children interact with their environment

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A woman with a blue shirt holds a large bear strapped into a child's seat next to a wagon
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A woman with a blue shirt holds a large bear strapped into a child's seat next to a wagon

An ATK specialist explains a device to help move children with conditions such as cerebral palsy

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A woman standing on a stage speaks while a woman next to her signs as an ASL interpreter
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A woman standing on a stage speaks while a woman next to her signs as an ASL interpreter

An ATK specialists demonstrates technology to help enlarge text for people with visual impairments

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Two ATK members hold up the governor's proclamation in the Topeka Capital
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Two ATK members hold up the governor's proclamation in the Topeka Capital

ATK members hold up the governor's proclamation in Topeka

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People smile and speak to each other in a large group while in the Topeka Capitol
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People smile and speak to each other in a large group while in the Topeka Capitol

ATK staff and members celebrate signing of the governor's bill to designate April as Assistive Technology Month

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Screens used as assistive communication tools are displayed on a table

Devices to assist in communication are displayed at an ATK demonstration

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