ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS FUTURE
What is Assistive Technology in general??
Assistive
Technology is something which is associated with enhancing or changing
the interactive process in more appealing manner, in other words we can
say that it is the act to agument abilities bypass or compansate for a
disability(accoding to Lewis 1994).
How we can choose right assistive technology?
The
group is prepared to match specific assistive innovations to particular
needs so the individual can work all the more autonomously. An AT group
may incorporate family specialists, consistent and custom curriculum
instructors, discourse dialect pathologists, restoration engineers, word
related advisors, and different authorities including counseling agents
from organizations that make assistive innovation.
How Assistive Technology deals with the disability?
The
term adaptive technology is frequently utilized as the equivalent word
for assistive technology, notwithstanding, they are diverse terms.
Assistive technnology alludes to "any thing, bit of gear, or item
framework, whether procured financially, changed, or modified, that is
utilized to increment, keep up, or enhance practical capacities of
people with diabilities.
"The Future of Assistive Technology"
The Assistive Technologies are highly appreciated for its new technologies and regular updates, we could see the advent of e-book readers like the Kindle,
Sony E-reader, and recently the Nook released by Barnes and Noble,
there could be another wave of new methods for people with learning
disabilities and other conditions to access e-books and books.
According to the surveys more than 4000 Assistive technologies were designed for the senior citizens, in the near future Assistive Technology plays a predominant role to serve the disabled people.
Assistive Technology Industry Assosciation(ATIA) members are active in providing assistive technology in a variety of fields including:
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Blindness and low vision
- Deafness and hard of hearing
- Computer access
- Communication disorders
- Mobility impairment
- Mounting systems
- Learning disabilities
- Cognitive disabilities
- Web accessibility
- Augmentative and alternative communication devices (AAC)
Some of the examples of the Assistive Technologies are as follows:
-Spin and puff system
-Keyboards
-Electronic pointing devices
-Wands a sticks
-Joysticks
-Trackball
-Touchscreens
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