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Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on assistive technology. Assistive technology enables people to live healthy, productive, independent, and dignified lives, and to participate in education, the labour market and civic life.
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Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)
Assistive technology enables and promotes inclusion and participation, especially of persons with disability, aging populations, and people with non-communicable diseases. The primary purpose of assistive products is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being. They enable people to live healthy, productive, independent and ...
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Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)
Assistive technology is the application of organized knowledge and skills related to assistive products, including systems and services. Assistive products maintain and improve individual functioning, they include external devices, equipment, instruments or software that are used to support mobility, vision, hearing, cognition and communication.
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Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)
Assistive products include devices, equipment, instruments or software from 6 functional domains: mobility, vision, hearing, communication, cognition and self-care. Examples of assistive products are physical products such as wheelchairs, spectacles and hearing aids, and digital products such as software and apps.
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Global Report on Assistive Technology
The Global report on assistive technology presents a comprehensive dataset and analysis of current assistive technology access, drawing the attention of governments and civil society to the need for, and benefit of, assistive technology, including its return on investment. The Global report sets out ten recommendations for improving access to assistive technology, which in turn support the ...
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Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology - NICHD
Rehabilitative and assistive technology refers to tools, equipment, or products that can help people with disabilities successfully complete activities at school, home, work, and in the community. Disabilities are disorders, diseases, health conditions, or injuries that affect a person’s physical, intellectual, or mental well-being and functioning. Rehabilitative and assistive technologies ...
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Health products policy and standards
What are assistive products? Assistive products maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being. Examples of assistive products include hearing aids, wheelchairs, communication aids, spectacles, prostheses, pill organizers, and memory aids.
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What are some types of assistive devices and how are they used?
Some examples of assistive technologies are:Some examples of assistive technologies are: Mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, crutches 1, prosthetic devices, and orthotic devices. 2 Hearing aids to help people hear or hear more clearly. 3 Cognitive aids, including computer or electrical assistive devices, to help people with memory, attention, or other challenges in ...
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Improving access to Assistive Technology
Assistive technology enables and promotes inclusion and participation, especially of persons with disability, aging populations, and people with non-communicable diseases. The primary purpose of assistive products is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being. WHO estimates that today 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive ...
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New dashboard visualizes progress on assistive technology access and ...
WHO/Europe has launched a new data dashboard on the European Health Information Gateway, offering easy access to data and evidence related to assistive technology (AT) policies and services. It allows users to explore country-specific information and trends, as part of ongoing efforts to help stakeholders to better understand the AT landscape in Europe and work collaboratively towards ...