ADAPTIVE+VS.+ASSISTIVE

// ** ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY- ** //

Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Assistive techonlogy can include mobility devices such as walkers and wheelchairs, as well as hardware, software, and peripherals that assist people with disabilities in accessing computers or other inofrmation.

For example, people with limited hand function may use a keyboard with large keys or a special mouse to operate a computer, people who are blind may use software that reads text on the screen in a computer-generated voice, people with low vision may use software that enlarges screen content, people who are deaf may use a tty (text telephone), or people with speech impairments may use a device that speaks out loud as they enter text via a keyboard.

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 changed methods of interacting with the tecnology needed to accomplish such tasks.

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//** ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY- **//

I s the name for products wich help people who cannot use regular versions of products, primarily people with physical disabilities such as limitations to vision, hearing, and mobility.

Adaptive technology promotes greates effectiveness for persons with functional limitations or disabilities by enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing. Adaptive techology provides changed methods of interacting with or enhancements to the technology.

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** ﻿//WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADAPTIVE AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY?// **

ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY- refers to special versions of already existing techonlogies or tools, usually used by people with disabilities such as limitations to vision, hearing, and movility. For example, in the early 1900s, FDR used a special car with hand controls becuase he was paralyzed from Polio.

ASSISTIVE TECHOLOGY- a broader term encompasing any light-, mid-, or high- tech tool or device that helps people with disablities perform tasks with greater ease and/or independence.