Tech OWL - Technology for Our Whole Lives

03/18/2026

Executive Director: Temple University invites nominations and applications for the full-time, twelve-month position of Executive Director of the Institute on Disabilities (IOD), a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) funded by the Administration for Community Living's Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.

The Executive Director will provide dynamic leadership to strengthen and advance the mission of the IOD. Learn more and apply: https://disabilities.temple.edu/about-us/careers/opportunity-executive-director-institute-disabilities

03/06/2026

Want to try out the Omnicuff system? If you live in PA, check out the lending library at www.TechOWLpa.org/library. You can also learn more about it by going to https://reachable-tech.com/.

Video description: Two people showing a device that is like a lazy susan- it has four metal pegs that each hold a variety of different objects including a hair brush, razor, toothbrush, cup, spoon, fork, knife, and cell phone. The user wears a cuff with a magnetic latch that allows them to pick up and put down each item and then rotate the device to select something else.

Text on screen: Things about the Omnicuff system that just make sense: strong magnets, a variety of options for different tools, multiple cuffs to accommodate different hand sizes.

03/05/2026

Philly Deaf Champs ASL Game Night

Saturday March 28th
2:30 to 4:30 PM at the TechOWL Community Space
1383 Cecil B. Moore Ave
RSVP https://www.meetup.com/philly-deaf-champ/

Image description: Love in sign language and a heart.

03/04/2026

Hey Philly! Need a walker? We are drowning in them! Come grab one from our community space at 1392 Cecil B. Moore Ave, next to Insomnia Cookies.

Were open Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 2, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 5, or by appointment.

Learn more at TechOWLpa.org/community-space

Image description: silly looking cartoon of a hand poking out of a mountain of walkers with an arrow pointing to it that says “us”

03/03/2026

Have you been to show with accessibility offerings? Shout out your favorite accessible theaters in the comments!

Video description: Brianna wearing a mask. Clips of the inside of Philadelphia Theater Company, showing a poster for the show Caesar. Inside of the playbill, which shows information about “additional support” including audio description, open captioning, ASL interpretation, and archival recording. A website calendar showing the options for accessibility offerings, including audio description and sign language interpretation. Brianna leaving the theater with the Caesar playbill and walking down broad street.

Transcript: Last month I went to Philadelphia Theatre Company to see Caesar. Now I have to say the theater was really accessible. Aside from being wheelchair friendly, the performance I attended had audio description (AD) services for folks who are visually impaired. AD devices are only one type of assistive tech PTC offers. PTC also offers performances with open captioning and they have assistive listening devices available for all their performances. It was nice seeing how PTC utilizes assistive tech to make their shows more accessible.

02/27/2026

Would this help you? Check it out at www.TechOWLpa.org/maker-catalog.

Video description: A yellow and green 3d printed tool that helps to open the lid of a bottle.

02/25/2026

02/22/2026

The TechOWL Community Space will be closed on Monday February 23rd.

www.TechOWLpa.org/community-space

02/21/2026