Assistive technology (AT) is a term for assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and the elderly. Disabled people...
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Assistive Technology Acts provide federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education to each state and territory to support "State efforts to improve...
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the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. The emphasis is placed on equal access to curriculum...
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Simone (2014-07-09). "An ideal model of an assistive technology assessment and delivery process". Technology and Disability. 26 (1): 27–38. doi:10.3233/tad-140402...
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An assistive cane is a walking stick used as a crutch or mobility aid. A cane can help redistribute weight from a lower leg that is weak or painful, improve...
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Assistive technology service providers help individuals with disabilities acquire and use appropriate Assistive Technology (AT) to help them participate...
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Assistive technology in sport is an area of technology design that is growing. Assistive technology is the array of new devices created to enable sports...
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and Assistive Technology in North America, defines the role of a Rehabilitation Engineer as well as the role of a Rehabilitation Technician, Assistive Technologist...
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of naming screen readers after aquatic creatures, including the Assistive Technology product on Windows called JAWS (which stands for Job Access With...
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Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI) is a platform-neutral framework for providing bi-directional communication between assistive...
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unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). Accessibility can be viewed...
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) includes medical procedures used primarily to address infertility. This subject involves procedures such as in vitro...
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authoring tools that support accessibility. Provide assistive technologies. Assistive technologies (e.g. screen readers, screen magnifiers, voice input...
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The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is a not-for-profit membership organization of manufacturers, sellers and providers of technology-based...
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They aim to improve the quality of life with assistive technologies. The range of assistive technologies is broad, ranging from low-tech solutions to...
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Assistive Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is technology built to assist those who are deaf or suffer from hearing loss. Examples of such technology...
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Ray-Ban Meta (category Assistive technology)
(April 2024). "Meta smart glasses—large language models and the future for assistive glasses for individuals with vision impairments". Eye. 38 (6): 1036–1038...
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ATP (section Science, technology and biology)
process similar to a pacemaker Assistive Technology Practitioner - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)...
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Disability (section Assistive technology)
finding the root causes of disabilities, as well as any cures—such as assistive technology. The social model centers disability as a societally-created limitation...
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Individuals living with a disability use assistive technologies such as the following to enable and assist web browsing: Screen reader software such...
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Dementia caregiving (section Assistive technology)
and assist caregivers. This section discusses several emerging technologies that have shown potential in achieving these objectives. Assistive technologies...
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AT (section Science and technology)
engineering Appropriate technology, an ideological movement to scale technology to be appropriate to its context Assistive technology, devices for people...
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Joystick (section Assistive technology)
higher prices to smaller OEMs. Specialist joysticks, classed as an assistive technology pointing device, are used to replace the computer mouse for people...
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eating "Top 4 Assistive Products for Mealtimes". www.caregiverproducts.com. The Wright Stuff Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2014. "Assistive Devices for Mealtimes"...
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Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is an association of people with an interest in technology and disability. Its...
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Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) are paraprofessionals who assist individuals with physical disabilities, mental impairments, and other health care...
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Retirement home Group home Retirement community Transgenerational design Assistive technology Starr, P. 1982. The Social Transformation of American Medicine. New...
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Occupational therapy (section Assistive technology)
to allow physical access for children with disabilities Provide assistive technology to support student success Helping to plan instructional activities...
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patients’ rehabilitative experience, MedStar NRH relies upon a number of assistive technology devices that have been developed by MedStar NRH's research team,...
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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on physical medicine and rehabilitation...
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