Introducing a small portion of Assistive Technology, essentially what it is and what it may include.

1. Assistive Technology
Types of assistive technology and how they are used?
• Mobility Aids - Help people people move around if they are physically unable
due to born defections or injury.
1. Wheelchairs
2. Scooters
3. Walkers
4. Canes
5. Crutches
6. Prosthetic Devices
7. Orthotic Devices
• Hearing Aids - Help people to hear correctly whether born without hearing or
became enable to hear though experiences.
• Cognitive Aids - Helping people with memory, attention, or changes in their own
thinking.
• Physical Modifications - Allow people to move around in the environment.
1. Ramps
2. Grab Bars
3. Wider Doorways.
• Different devices to perform various tasks.

3. Profession
An Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) can facilitate an assistive technology
assessment which is a collaborative process by which a team of professionals
determine what technologies would improve an individuals live or improve a student’s
performance on their own.

5. Technology in all forms can be beneficial
to someone. But, never forget, If they are
not helping, they are hurting.

6. Different type of assistive technology
depending on the individual.

8. The Technology is used to help people
who are disadvantaged to which is out of
their control whether they were born with
the disability or it occurred due to injury
or accident.

9. The higher up the scale you go, the more
person-specific the technology becomes.
The more money and aid is required.

10. These logos show the assistive technology
in the location to which it is available to use
for people who need the assistance.