Assistive technology is the application of organized knowledge and skills related to assistive products, including systems and services. Assistive technology is a subset of health technology.
Source: "Priority Assistive Products List" WHO's document, Definitions
Assistive Technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks.
AT Today is the place to come to find out about all the latest developments in the world of Assistive Technology. Whether it’s the development of a new robotic limb, a breakthrough in pressure care treatment, new designs for moving and handling equipment or advances in telecare and teleheathcare, AT Today brings you the news from around the world.
Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) is a subset of a wider range of products and services known as Assistive Technology (AT). AT is designed to support and enable people with disabilities, either acquired or congenital, to participate in activities with greater independence and safety. With a global aging population, it has an important role to play in enabling and supporting those with disability and their carers.
The Digital Accessibility Unit, which depends on the Vice-Rector’s Office for Digital Transformation of the University of Alicante, has the objective of promoting, raising awareness and training in digital accessibility and accessible technologies.
Breaking Barriers Congress has the goal of being the benchmark event for assistive technology and augmentative communication in Spain and Western Europe. It is a meeting place for professionals, users, companies, and institutions. This is the perfect occasion for companies and institutions of the area to make themselves known and establish a direct link with their target audience.
Source: Event organization website
We simplify peoples' everyday lives regardless of their need. We want to give people with special needs the chance to participate and be independent. It is a basic human right to have control over your own life and making your own decisions. This has been our mission from the very beginning.
The founders of our company had their own personal experiences of people close to them who needed help. As true entrepreneurs, they saw solutions where others saw problems.
Their driving force created tools to give people access to a better daily life – wherever they saw the need.
AbleData.com was a website sponsored by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. AbleData described itself as the “premier source for information on assistive technology.” It achieved this goal by providing information on over 40,000 assistive technology products and rehabilitation-related equipment.
Living made easy is Europe's largest trusted online comparison site for daily living equipment (sometimes known as disability equipment or assistive technology). It is used predominately by disabled adults and children, older people, their families and carers who are looking for equipment to make everyday tasks easier.
Source: Corporate website