Assistive Technology Assessment and Training
A structured assessment, a training plan with a number of hours on it, and instruction to mastery. Taught by people who use this technology every day. Delivered in person or live over video, at one all-inclusive hourly rate.
What the agency receives
Assistive technology assessment
A functional evaluation built around the consumer's employment or education goal. It takes two hours or less and covers:
- what the person needs and where they want to go
- their existing knowledge of technology and assistive technology
- the demands of the job or program and how the technology fits that use
- preferred session length and schedule, and the teaching style, personality and gender of instructor they learn best from
The agency receives a written report with specific device and software recommendations and a proposed training plan with estimated hours, so the counselor can budget the whole case before authorizing the first hour of training.
Assistive technology training
One-to-one or small-group instruction that follows the assessment or the counselor's referral. Sessions run 90 minutes, usually twice a week.
- Every session is recorded and the student receives the link, so they review instead of paying to be retaught.
- We teach to mastery: about 25 hours for a consumer starting with no experience, 15 to 20 hours for a consumer with some.
- Progress notes go to the referring counselor in plain language: what was covered, what the consumer can now do, what is next.
Areas of instruction: screen readers and magnification (VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, ZoomText); Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac accessibility; Android and Windows accessibility; and AI tools for independence and workplace productivity, including reading mail and documents aloud, completing forms and describing surroundings.
Equipment and software
Recommendations are vendor-neutral. We do not sell hardware or software, so there is no incentive behind a recommendation. Purchasing stays with the agency's own process, and we handle setup, configuration and training on whatever is purchased.
Delivery
We come to the consumer. In-person delivery is available across Georgia and the surrounding region, with no travel time, mileage or per diem billed inside our drivable service area; farther travel is arranged case by case. Live video delivery is available to consumers in any state or territory, which removes distance as a barrier for rural consumers and lets a counselor observe a session at any time.
Reports
Assessment reports and progress notes are comprehensive but concise, written to help the counselor see progress and close the case. Report writing is billable in some states and not in others; we follow the agency's own rule.
One rate, all inclusive
| Service | Rate |
|---|---|
| Assistive technology assessment (two hours or less, written report included) | $127 per hour |
| Assistive technology training (90-minute recorded sessions, progress notes included) | $127 per hour |
The rate is inclusive. There are no setup, materials, platform or recording fees, and no travel time, mileage or per diem inside our service area. Written reports and progress notes are part of the hourly rate unless the agency's own rules bill them separately.
What a whole case costs
Because training is scoped to mastery, a case has a ceiling the counselor can plan around:
| Consumer | Hours | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Some experience with the technology | 2 + 15 to 20 | $2,159 to $2,794 |
| No prior experience | 2 + 25 | $3,429 |
Recorded sessions mean material is not taught twice, and the plan carries a number, which is why a case measured end to end often lands at or below an open-ended authorization at a lower hourly rate.
Fourteen years with agencies
- Assistive technology training delivered under contract to state vocational rehabilitation agencies in Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, Ohio, California and Washington.
- iOS and Android mastery classes across Georgia's Centers for Independent Living in 2024 and 2025, with classes of 12 to 25 and often two classes per site.
- Work on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (iCanConnect) in Georgia, and with disabled students at Rutgers University.
- Applications built for the Georgia Business Enterprise Program and accessible websites built for two of Georgia's Centers for Independent Living.
- More than 200 people with disabilities placed into employment through our training.
Company facts for your vendor file
- Legal name
- Fedora Outlier, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, formed 2012, status Active
- Address
- 20 Belmont Farms Dr, Ellenwood, GA 30294
- Federal registration
- SAM.gov active, UEI CMU8UHFLUV15, CAGE 6YFL2
- Primary NAICS
- 611519 (other technical and trade schools), with 541511, 541512, 541519, 541611, 541690, 611430, 611710, 624310
- Terms
- Net 30 accepted; ACH or check; W-9 and agency vendor forms completed on request
- Contact
- VaShaun D. Jones, Founder and CEO, excellence@fedoraoutlier.com, 404-368-8779
Taught by people who use it
Every instructor on our team is blind and uses this technology to do their own job every day, so nothing we teach is theoretical. Matching a consumer to an instructor they learn best from is informed choice in practice, and it shortens the path to mastery. Our founder, VaShaun D. Jones, has taught accessible technology for fourteen years, published two accessibility titles, and runs this company end to end with a screen reader.
How to start
Email excellence@fedoraoutlier.com or call 404-368-8779. Send your agency's vendor application, W-9 and ACH forms and we return them completed, usually the same day. Once we are on file, a counselor can refer a consumer for an assessment and receive the report and training plan within a week of the session.