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Assistive Technology
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Assistive technology is an umbrella term covering the systems and services related to the delivery of assistive products and services.
Assistive products maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being.
Hearing aids, wheelchairs, communication aids, spectacles, prostheses, pill organizers and memory aids are all examples of assistive products.
Globally, more than 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive products.
With an ageing global population and a rise in noncommunicable diseases, more than 3.5 billion people will need at least one assistive product by 2050, with many older people needing two or more.
Assistive technology enables people to live healthy, productive, independent, and dignified lives, and to participate in education, the labour market and civic life. Assistive technology reduces the need for formal health and support services, long-term care and the work of caregivers. Without assistive technology, people are often excluded, isolated, and locked into poverty, thereby increasing the impact of disease and disability on a person, their family, and society.
People who beeds Assistive Technology:
people with disabilities
older people
people with noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and stroke
people with mental health conditions including dementia and autism
people with gradual functional decline.
Assistive technology can have a positive impact on the health and well-being of a person and their family, as well as broader socioeconomic benefits.
-Assistive technology can enable older people to continue to live at home and delay or prevent the need for long-term care
-Proper use of hearing aids by young children leads to improved language skills, without which a person with hearing loss has severely limited opportunities for education and employment
-Manual wheelchairs increase access to education and employment while reducing healthcare costs due to a reduction in the risk of pressure sores and contractures.ve technology
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