International: USA - Assistive Technology

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Assistive Technology Categories

	Aids for Daily Living (ADL) Devices for use in activities such as eating, bathing, cooking, dressing, toileting and home maintenance.
	Beds/Bed Modifications Devices that make bedroom functioning easier. Examples include manual and electric beds, side rails and transfer equipment.
	Communication Aids, devices, and methods that enhance personal expressive communication. Examples include manual and electric picture boards.
	Computer Access/Ergonomics Software and hardware that allow persons with disabilities to use computers. Adaptations to the computer to improve its use are included in this category.
	Education/Employment Equipment that enables people with disabilities to carry out school or work-related tasks. Job accommodations are included in this category.
	Electronic Aids for Daily Living (EADL) Primarily electronic switches or systems that enable a person to control appliances, electronic aids, lights, telephones, security systems, etc. in a room, home or other surroundings.
	Hearing Devices that enhance hearing. Examples include hearing aids, visual and tactile alerting systems and telecommunications devices for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
	Home/Building Modifications Structural adaptations to buildings that remove or reduce physical barriers. Examples include ramps and elevator lifts, as well as minor physical adaptations such as replacing doorknobs with levers.
	Mobility/Ambulation Devices that enhance movement. Examples include transfer aids, patient lifts, all types of wheelchairs and wheeled vehicles, canes, crutches and walkers.
	Prosthetics and Orthotics Artificial limbs and devices used to replace, substitute or augment missing or malfunctioning body parts and facilitate function. Examples include braces, splints and supports.
	Recreation/Leisure Adaptations that enable people to participate in sports or other fun activities in their free time. Examples include hand cycles or modified snowboards.
	Seating and Positioning Modifications to wheelchairs or other seating systems that provide greater body stability, improved posture or reduction of pressure. Examples include wheelchair cushions, supports, modular seating and seat lifts.
	Transportation/Driving Items that enable personal transportation. Examples include cars and vans adapted with lift systems, child restraint systems and modifications to ensure vehicle access.
	Vision Devices that enhance sight. Examples include eyeglasses, magnification devices and other equipment (e.g., talking calculators and large button phones) for people with visual impairments.