If you have a family member with a learning disability, you are probably already aware of how helpful certain technologies can be for them. It is a challenge though, to not only keep up with what is new in the assistive technology field, but also to figure out how available technologies work. For example, if you have a child who uses text-to-speech technology, knowing how to get PDF, EPUB, DAISY, MOBI, TEXT, and OCR format files to work on an iPad can be confusing at best. Where can you turn to for that kind of information?
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATiA) provides low cost webinars several times a week on a wide range of helpful topics, both live and prerecorded. Though they are not free, you may still want to consider registering for particular topics of interest or finding out if school personnel who assist your child may be interested (schools and districts can get an ATiA membership, making the webinars free). If you want to follow trends in assistive technology, make sure you also sign up for the free newsletter on the ATiA home page.