Valentine’s Day is this week and we can think of no better time to express our love for some of the amazing assistive technology (AT) devices that have changed our lives for the better. Members of the AT staff had the following to say about some choice AT devices that they LOVE…
Christina’s handy-dandy wheelchair cup holder |
Christina Mills: I’ve used a wheelchair for as long as I can remember. Of course it’s my AT necessity and I take good care of it because it gets me where I need to go and it isn’t easy to get a new one. However, when it comes to AT I love the most I have to say it’s the cup holder on my wheelchair that I can’t imagine living without. I spotted it at the Abilities Expo back in 2004 and have been in love ever since. I’ve only had to replace it once! I never take it off my chair and with all the traveling I do it’s pretty amazing that the first one lasted me 5 years. By the way, it’s not just a cup holder anymore…it holds bottles and hair clips too!
Kevin Hansen: The AT device that I love and – literally – cannot live without is my CPAP machine. Without it I do not sleep well, if at all. With it, I sleep soundly and know that I will not die during the night. Unless, of course, my wife gets mad at me! Read more about Kevin’s CPAP machine here
Allan Friedman: The iPad is revolutionizing the whole field of AT and is one of the few devices that incorporates the principles of Universal Design and access.
Many people have described the various iDevices as life-changing AT |
Teresa Favuzzi: On the weekends my partner and I like to take Magpie, our cattle dog, for off-leash adventures. I LOVE my trusty walking stick to help me navigate uneven trails, mud zones, and rocky terrain…
Teresa hiking with her trusty walking stick |
Ergonomic Chair |
Word Prediction Software |
Rachel Anderson: At the moment, one of the AT
devices that I really love and that makes my life easier is the keyboard filter word prediction. It greatly reduces the amount of typing one has to do, therefore helping if you have repetitive wrist strain. It also assists individuals in inadvertently selecting keys they didn’t want to select. Thirdly, it makes me laugh a lot when it guesses wrong. It is hilarious when the computer predicts you wanted to say ‘peeps’ instead of ‘peers’.
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