The trusted, current, cross-disability answer to “where do I find tech and skills that actually work?” has decayed. AbleData, the federal assistive-technology database, shut down in 2020. AFB’s AccessWorld wound down. What remains is fragmented, siloed, or dated, and most “best apps” lists are SEO with no authority.
Auxentia fills that void: a modern, actively maintained, cross-disability home where accessible apps and assistive tech are reviewed by and with disabled people, and where the strategies for using them live alongside the tools.
To be the trusted, lived-experience home for accessible apps and practical independent-living strategies, helping people with disabilities, and those who support them, find, evaluate, and actually use the technology and skills that work for their lives.
A world where disabled people can find, trust, and actually use the technology that fits their lives, where “accessible” is something verified with real assistive tech, not merely claimed, and where support and knowledge grow independence.
A trustworthy, current library of accessible apps and assistive tech, evaluated on one consistent accessibility rubric.
Practical guides for independent living, AT decisions, smart-home setups, and self-study Braille, strategies, not just product lists.
A community voice, news, how-tos, and lived experience, in the Journal.
The front door and hub for Novara’s own accessible apps, held to the same honest rubric as everyone else.
Founded and led from lived experience. Disabled people are the authors of this resource, not an afterthought, it’s the byline, not a slogan.
Blind, low-vision, DeafBlind, Deaf, hard-of-hearing, cognitive, and mobility, across iOS, Android, and the web. Breadth, with curation.
Every app and tool is evaluated the same honest way: VoiceOver, Braille, switch access, captions. The rubric is the product.
Practical guides for real living situations, smart-home by housing context, self-study Braille, and everyday independent living, not just a list of apps.
An accessibility resource must itself be flawlessly accessible. We hold this site to WCAG 2.2 AA and test with real assistive technology. We lead by example.
We review accessible apps and we build some of our own. We label our apps plainly, apply the same rubric, and invite candid community ratings. The whole value is trust.