Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities William T

Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities William T. Darling, Ph. D. The Ohio State University

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Definition of Assistive Technology Any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of people with disabilities.

Overview of Services 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Adaptive Toy Lending Library Computer Refurbish and Recycle Program Assistive Technology Device Loan Program Assistive Technology Device Demonstration Program Telepresence Robot Program

Assistive Technology Issues and Concerns • Huge difference in disability world between having some function vs. having no function • Always maximize the use of existing function. • Never use “alternative” technology in an “assistive” situation.

Assistive Technology Issues and Concerns • Huge difference in disability world between having some function vs. having no function • Always maximize the use of existing function. • Never use “alternative” technology in an “assistive” situation.

Assistive Technology Issues and Concerns • Be aware of assistive technology as an “identifier” of disability…. • Beware of realistic financial capabilities…. • Beware of the attitudes and openness of the consumer and his or her family toward bringing technology into their lives

Assistive Technology for Vision 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. White Cane Portable Magnifier CCTV KNFB Reader Screen Magnification Software Currency Readers Portable GPS Braille Displays / Braille Notetakers

Assistive Technology for Vision 9. Looktel App 10. Color ID 11. Light Detector 12. Be My Eyes

Case Study Auto auction worker in Grove City

Assistive Technology for Hearing 1. Cochlear Implants 2. FM Radio Transmitters 3. Lights as signals 1. Doorbells 2. Telephones 3. Alarm clocks

Assistive Technology for Hearing 4. Sign Language / Interpreters 5. TTY 6. i. Phone set to vibrate 7. Email 8. Text messaging 9. Face time 10. Closed captioning

Assistive Technology for Hearing 10. Usound App – direct to hearing aid 11. Roger Voice – dictates what phone caller is saying

Assistive Technology for Computers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Big Keys Keyboard One-handed keyboards BAT Keyboard Dvorak Keyboard Dasher Speech Recognition Software Head trackers Specialized Mice

The Future 1. Seeing with your tongue 2. Brain fingers

Assistive Technology of Ohio 1314 Kinnear Road Area 200 Columbus, Ohio 43212 1 -800 -784 -3425 atohio. engineering. osu. edu Darling. 12@osu. edu