Assistive technology or adaptive technology ( AT ) 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.

Assistive Technology for Cognition ( ATC ) is the use of technology ( usually high tech ) to augment and assistive cognitive processes such as attention, memory, self-regulation, navigation, emotion recognition and management, planning, and sequencing activity.

Assistive technology and sports is an area of technology design that is growing.

Assistive technology is the array of new devices created to enable sports enthusiasts who have disabilities to play.

Assistive technology may be used in adaptive sports, where an existing sport is modified to enable players with a disability to participate ; or, assistive technology may be used to invent completely new sports with athletes with disabilities exclusively in mind.

Assistive technology devices can be simple, or " low-tech ", or they may use highly advanced technology, with some even using computers.

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Assistive technology has undergone dramatic changes over the past 20 years ; the availability and quality of the technology has improved greatly.

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Assistive Technology is a generic term for devices and modifications ( for a person or within a society ) that help overcome or remove a disability.

The recent field of Assistive Technology for Cognition concerns the development of technologies to augment human cognition.

Lekotek, Swedish for " play library " is an international program to lend Assistive Technology, toys and expertise to disabled children.

Assistive technology and adaptive technology have a key role in developing the means for people with disabilities to live more independently, and to more fully participate in mainstream society.

Gnopernicus is a free GNOME desktop application that provides Assistive Technologies ( AT ) for blind and visually impaired users.

Additionally, in 2010, Liberty University opened the Osborne Assistive Learning Technology Center in the A. Pierre Guillermin Library, which is a learning and testing center for special needs students.

Assistive technology, computers and Internet may decrease sense of isolation for homebound elderly and disabled persons.

In the province of Ontario, the price of hearing aids is partially reimbursed through the Assistive Devices Program of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, up to $ 500 for each hearing aid, every three years.

The Learning Commons provides a central location for resources provided by many departments across campus including Circulations / Reserves / Interlibrary Loan, International Programs Office, Learning Resource Center, Writing Center, Reference and Research Assistance, Assistive Technologies Center, Office of Information Technologies Help Desk, and Learning Commons and Technical Support desk.

* Speech & Language Processing for Assistive Technologies: SIGSLPAT

These include the installation of 14 additional handicapped parking stalls, hand rails on both sides of the pedestrian ramp leading to the floor level seating, handicapped accessible drinking fountains, an Assistive Listening System to aid the hearing impaired, conversion of restroom facilities, dressing rooms and bathroom fixtures for the handicapped, and increased informational signage.

Assistive technology is technology, or enhancements to technology, or methods of using technology, that make it possible for disabled persons to use technology ( or to use it easily ) that they were formerly unable to use ( or to use with only some difficulty ).

Assistive technology for people with visual impairment, reading difficulties and for people whose first language is not English is also available.

Assistive technology ( also Alternative and Augmentative Communication devices ; AAC ) can be used to overcome physical barriers to manipulating books, and to augment speech motor and language difficulties ( e. g., type, or select symbols to identify rhyming words ), and cognitive impairments ( to provide needed support required for target skill acquisition ) ( Copeland & Keef, 2007, see chapter 9 ).

Connecting to Learn: Educational and Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities.

* Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Vol 86, January 2005: Assistive Devices for Balance and Mobility Retrieved 2012-03-03

* FAST ( Foundation for Assistive Technology ).

Alternatively, Assistive Technology may attempt to improve the ergonomics of the devices themselves such as Dvorak and other alternative layouts, which offer more ergonomic layouts of the keys.

Assistive computer interface technologies, such as Dasher in combination with eye tracking, may be used to help patients communicate.

Assistive technology is the creation of a new device that assists a person in completing a task that would otherwise be impossible.

Tests and measures include, but are not limited to, those that assess: a. Aerobic Capacity / Endurance, b. Anthropometric Characteristics, c. Arousal, Attention, and Cognition, d. Assistive and Adaptive Devices, e. Circulation ( Arterial, Venous, Lymphatic ), f. Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Integrity, g. Environmental, Home, and Work ( Job / School / Play ) Barriers, h. Ergonomics and Body Mechanics, i. Gait, Locomotion, and Balance, j. Integumentary Integrity, k. Joint Integrity and Mobility, l. Motor Function ( Motor Control and Motor Learning ), m. Muscle Performance ( including Strength, Power, and Endurance ), n. Neuromotor Development and Sensory Integration, o. Orthotic, Protective, and Supportive Devices, p. Pain, q. Posture, r. Prosthetic Requirements, s. Range of Motion ( including Muscle Length ), t. Reflex Integrity, u. Self-Care and Home Management ( including activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living ), v. Sensory Integrity, w. Ventilation and Respiration / Gas Exchange, x.

Hence the prime issue, as I see it, is whether a democratic or free society can master technology for the benefit of mankind, or whether technology will rule and develop its own society compatible with its own needs as a force of nature.

Considering then the optimism which has permeated science fiction for so long, what is really remarkable is that during the last twelve years many science-fiction writers have turned about and attacked their own cherished vision of the future, have attacked the Childhood's End kind of faith that science and technology will inevitably better the human condition.

In addition, there are many areas of the human situation besides the impact of science and technology which are examined, for science-fiction dystopias often extrapolate political, social, economic tendencies only indirectly related to science and technology.

Nevertheless, with all these qualifications and exceptions, the current dystopian phenomenon remains impressive for its criticism that science and technology, instead of bringing utopia, may well enslave, dehumanize, and even destroy men.

With its history standing astride all but the very beginnings of the industrial revolution, Brown & Sharpe has become over the years a singular monument to the mechanical foresight of its founder, Joseph R. Brown, and a world-renowned synonym for precision and progress in metalworking technology.

American technology in engine and hull design is largely responsible for the plentiful interest in American boating.

Russia, whose technology is not quite primitive, is still in the dark ages when it comes to improving the outboard motor, for instance.

and the reverse-surface decorating techniques now used for escutcheons, medallions, etc., owes much to the field, as does the technology of designing with the light-transmitting properties of the transparent plastics.

The interchange of shop licenses for a nominal royalty eliminated infringement suits among the members of the A.L.A.M. patent pool ( although it did not protect them against outside actions ) and kept open channels for the cross-fertilization of automotive technology.

The executive paid tribute to research and development and technology for their great contributions in the past, but he also cautioned industry that they tend to be great equalizers because they move at a fairly even pace within an industry and fail to give it the short-term advantage which it often needs.

* Push – pull technology, pest control strategy for maize and sorghum

Examples of assistive technology for visually impairment include the Canadian currency tactile feature, which a system of raised dots in one corner, based on Braille cells but not standard Braille.

More complex assistive technology devices have been developed over time, and as a result, sports for people with disabilities " have changed from being a clinical therapeutic tool to an increasingly competition-oriented activity ".

In 2004, Asteroids ( Including both the Atari 2600 port and the arcade original, along with Asteroids Deluxe ) were included as part of Atari Anthology for both Xbox and PlayStation 2, using Digital Eclipse's emulation technology.

Gelignite was more stable, transportable and conveniently formed to fit into bored holes, like those used in drilling and mining, than the previously used compounds and was adopted as the standard technology for mining in the Age of Engineering bringing Nobel a great amount of financial success, though at a significant cost to his health.

The agricultural sector has long-term needs for more investment and updated technology.

The terms architect and architecture are also used in the disciplines of landscape architecture, naval architecture and often information technology ( for example a software architect ).

The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.