Assistive Technology

Assistive technology employs the use of various types of services and devices designed to help people with disabilities function within the environment.Assistive technologies may include commercially available or "home made" devices that are specially designed to meet the idiosyncratic needs of a particular individual.Assistive technologies include mechanical, electronic, and microprocessor-based equipment, non-mechanical and non-electronic aids, specialized instructional materials, services, and strategies that people with disabilities can use either to:
 (a) assist them in learning
 (b) make the environment more accessible
 (c) enable them to compete in the workplace
 (d) enhance their independence or 
(e) otherwise improve their quality of life.