A comfortable wearable assistive technology device for the deaf, a device for pressure injuries and bedsores, a biofluid based diagnostics tool to effectively manage central nervous system diseases and other neurodegenerative conditions, and an AI-powered mobile app that empowers the blind, were the four winning solutions at the recently concluded Techtonic: Innovation in Assistive Technology.

Wondering how I stumbled upon this career of mine? It’s a funny story actually. I started working with children in high school and upon graduation decided to go to college to be a teacher. However, being a teacher just never felt “right” though I wanted a career revolving around children. One evening in college, I was out with friends at a bar (I spent quite a bit of my time there! HA!) when a man came up to me and handed me a notebook.

he announcement of actor Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis is raising awareness of a common condition that few people recognize. More than two million Americans are living with aphasia.

Sit down with two clinical speech pathologists to hear all about the ins and outs of running your own speech pathology businesses!

By the end of this interview, viewers will know the difference between running a for profit and nonprofit business, how to start their own business, and some challenges faced as a clinician and business owner.

Welcome to our series, ‘Meet the Entrepreneur’, where we meet entrepreneurs and start-ups from the Channel Islands. We find out what they are doing, what ‘drives’ them and what advice they would give anyone starting out in business. Today, we meet Steph Black, founder of Steph Black Speech and Language Therapy and Little Puffin Signing.