Assistive technology
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- AAC Intervention
- Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) intervention, products and presentations.
- AbilityHub
- Assistive Technology related web site for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult. AbilityHub's purpose is to help you find information on adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers.
- A New Way of Thinking - High Tech Style
- Giannina Lodato has multiple sclerosis and uses voice recognition software to operate her computer. In this article she shares her experiences adapting to a new way of communicating - the amusing and frustrating moments and the tricks she learnt along the way, that have enabled her to increase her productivity 10-fold.
- Assistive Education and Therapy Technologies (UK)
- Assistive manufacture and supply of special access technology products for individual needs, including switches, controls and computers for use in education, care and therapy.
- Assistive Technologies (USA)
- Technology access solutions for home, school and work.
- Auditory Scanning
- Information and articles about auditory scanning, a special technique used for communicating with people who have an inability to speak, coupled with severely limited visual and motor skills.
- Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA)
- Seniors Computer Clubs are helping to meet the needs of seniors who want to know more about computers. Each club has a number of members who act as tutors or trainers. Members can learn at their own pace and be taught by people of a similar age.
- Camera Mouse
- Camera Mouse is a program that enables the user to control the mouse pointer on a computer screen using head movement. Camera Mouse is designed to help a people who cannot move their hands to control a mouse but who can voluntarily move their head. To use Camera Mouse you need a USB camera (webcam) and a Windows Vista or XP computer. It is easy to learn, easy to use and is absolutely FREE.
- Colligo
- Digital content and assistive technology solutions for people with vision impairments and reading difficulties such as dyslexia, eg Scan 'n Talk, WEBarator, ReadText and Digital Talking Book.
- Computer Bank
- Computerbank accepts donations of working computer equipment and peripherals and provides these free, with training, to people/families on low incomes and under-resourced community groups and schools.
- Cooinda Computer Club
- The Cooinda Computer Club, run in the Riverland Region of South Australia, welcomes people with disabilities and/or chronic illness, who are interested in learning about computers and the benefits of online communication.
- Empowerment and Freedom of Expression
- Roslyn McKearney has cerebral palsy. This is her personal story about how computers and the Internet made communication easier, allowed her to teach at Sunday School, trace her family history and establish the Cooinda Computer Club.
- Enabling Software
- A collection of links to affordable software programs (freeware and shareware) designed for the web, such as text readers, magnification programs, literacy tools, voice dictionaries, on-screen keyboards, switch access and a variety of other useful applications to assist people with disabilities.
- EPVA Technology Application Program
- A site for assistive technology users, caregivers and professionals, includes equipment reviews, articles and tech guides.
- Equip K.I.D.S. International
- A non-profilt organisation (based in Canada) dedicated to the production and distribution of assistive technology (i.e. wheelchairs, walkers and communication devices) in developing nations, as well as the education of children with disabilities, their caregivers and their therapists.
- Green PC
- This not-for-profit social enterprise of Infoxchange Australia provides affordable systems to low income individuals and families Australia wide. Also offers Internet services at affordable rates. Same services available to community and charity organisations.
- Mind Controlled Switch (Technos America LTD LLC)
- A simple switch that is controlled by bioelectrical activity measured at the forehead. These signals are converted to an output of electrical control signal. This allows the operator to control a single switch using eye movement, muscle activity or the mind, and requires no physical movement of any kind.
- Moving from the Bricks and Mortar World to the Online World
- As a high usage customer of the Internet, John McKenna shares his experiences online, and explains how the Internet has changed his outlook on life, as a person with mobility restrictions.
- Off-the-Shelf Assistive Technology
- Greg has quadriplegia from a spinal injury and has been using environmental controls (ECUs) since the 1990s. In this article he discusses a simple and affordable means of controlling everything from televisions, video recorders and music systems to fans, air-conditioning and gas heaters using off-the-shelf infrared devices and radio frequency.
- Outcome Measurement Tools
- Information (published by the University of Toronto) about different tools available for measuring the effectiveness of assistive technology outcomes and services.
- PCBility
- A hands free mouse that uses face movements to direct the mouse cursor position on the screen. The PCBility Mouse uses a web camera to track the user's head movements, translating those movements into cursor movements on the computer screen. This software can be used for a number of purposes, however was developed to suit the needs of people with a physical disability.
- Quantech
- Quantech offers a comprehensive range of assistive technology hardware and software products designed for people who are blind or have a vision impairment, including products from other manufacturers around the world, as well as products developed and manufactured here in Australia by Quantum.
- Regency Rehab
- Provide a wide range of rehabilitation and assistive technology products and services, including communication devices, mobility equipment and activities of daily living, Australia wide.
- Rehab Tool
- Supply augmentative and alternative communication devices, computer access equipment, multilingual speech synthesis, voice recognition software, on-screen keyboards, and cognitive rehabilitation tools adapted to the special needs of people with disabilities.
- R J Cooper (USA)
- Manufacture software and hardware products for people of all ages with special needs, including educational resources.
- SENSwitcher
- A suite of web based programs designed to help teach early ICT skills to people with profound and multiple learning difficulties, those who need to develop skills with assistive input devices and very young children new to computers.
- Spectronics
- Features an online product catalogue, presenting up-to-date information on a full range of assistive technologies and special needs software available through Spectronics (includes information on Australia-wide advisory, training and tech support services, an online newsletter, and library of downloadable articles and product reviews).
- TetraMouse
- The TetraMouse is a low-cost, full-featured, dual joystick computer mouse designed to be operated with the mouth (lips, chin or tongue) for people with no head movement and who cannot use their hands.
- Voice Perfect
- Australian distributor for a range of speech recognition and dictation management software and hardware products, including Dragon Naturally Speaking, IBM ViaVoice and Lexacom