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Assistive Technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices and the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence for people with disabilities by enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. According to disability advocate ...
Wikipedia - [full article]
Resources
- Assistive Technology (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility for Your Safety; A Guide for People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations (Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences)
Assistive Technology News Headlines
- Manchester Physicists Pioneer New Super-thin Technology
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Technology Removes Viruses From Drinking Water
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Viruses Removed From Drinking Water Using New UD Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Super-Thin Technology Could Speed The Development Of Drugs
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Wake-up call to exporters to offer medical technology in Japan
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:10 EST
- Purdue To Show Low-cost AIDS-testing Technology To African Officials
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Drug Delivery Technology Influence On Pharmaceutical Strategies Increasing - Greystone Associates Finds Recent Deals Reflecting A New Business Reality
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Brandeis And Brigham And Women's Hospital License Technology For Gaucher's To Amicus Therapeutics
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Initiation Of Phase III Program Using Emisphere's Eligen(R) Technology For Oral Salmon Calcitonin
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Wireless Technology Speeds Health Services in Rwanda
New York Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:33 EST
- Technology Helps Surgeons Get Near-Perfect Knee Implant Alignment
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Inkjet Technology For Organ Printing
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- FDA Clears First Of Its Kind Suture Made Using DNA Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Brain Tumor Surgery Made Safer Using New FMRI Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- CT Laser Mammography Technology Featured At Largest EU Radiology Congress
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Report faults FDA drug-safety tracking system: WSJ
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:15 EST
- Life-Saving Technology May Address Unique Needs Of Women In Heart Failure
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- CardioDynamics Commences Landmark PREVENT-HF Trial Designed By Leading Heart Failure Specialists
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Teaching Technology For Scary Patient Exams
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Sifting Out Cure For HIV: Special Ceramic Membranes Could Filter Virus From Blood
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Winners seek winners, losers seek losers
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:58 EST
- Tumors' Genetic Profile Captured By Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Emory Algorithm Improves Kidney Transplant Chances For Sensitized Patients
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Natural Milk Protein Could Lead To Super Nutritious Foods
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Queensland's Female Sex Workers Generally Happy In Their Work
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Detecting Disease: Microbeads To Improve Identification Of Biomarkers In Body Fluids
ScienceDaily - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- FDA Reaches Agreement With Medical Device Lobby For User Fees
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Cord Blood Registry Achieves Industry-Leading Stem Cell Recovery With New Automation Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Most Patients Don't Value The Written Information Provided With Prescribed Or Purchased Medicines
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Building A Better Breakfast To Manage Weight
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Study Confirms That Significant Insulin Dose Errors Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Blood Glucose Meters, Contour® And Breeze®2, Now Available In Pharmacies Nationwide, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Abertay Unveils Smart Technology That Could Help To Cut Physiotherapy Waiting Times
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Language Development Toy For Autistic Children Designed By Delft University Of Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Study Confirms That Significant Insulin Dose Errors Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Scholl's Armstrong In Spain Keynote: 'Amputations Worse Than Cancer'
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- MicroRNA Helps Prevent Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- New Work Programme For Nice Announced, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Growing Number Of Physicians Are Using Technology To Develop Low-Overhead Primary Care 'Micropractices'
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Osteotech Receives FDA Clearance For First Product Under Its Plexus Technology Platform
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Clinical Evidence And Advanced Technology Supporting Hyperthermia Therapy Emphasized At Annual ACRO Conference
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New DNA Test That Can Detect Bird Flu Quickly
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- HistoRx AQUA(R) Technology Identifies Two Biomarkers Linked To Lung Cancer Survival
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Technology Lengthens Lives Of Patients Waiting For Donor Human Hearts
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Cordis Corporation Launches Family Of REGATTA™ Steerable Guidewires
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Former National Health IT Coordinator Discusses Tenure, Challenges For Health IT; Report Discusses Changes To Medicaid From Deficit Reduction Act
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Peregrine's Licensee Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial In Europe With Novel Tumor Necrosis Therapy Cancer Agent
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Drug Safety Technology Wins Innovation Of The Year Award
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- A Rapid New Process For Fabricating Microstructures From Protein
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Intel Technology Allows Nurses To Spend More Time With Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Baptist And UroCenter To Participate In Prostate Cancer Clinical Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Data Support AlphaVax's Vaccine For CMV
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Tests Begin On Next Generation Of Retinal Implant
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Prize For Life-Saving Inventions Which Include A Device To 'Fy' To Tops Of Buildings And Another To Improve Mass Inoculations
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Green Technology To Boost Production Of Malaria 'wonder Drug'
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Researchers Employ Nanomagnetic Sensor Technology In Hopes Of Simplifying Clinical Diagnostics
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Dual-Modality Microbeads To Improve Identification Of Disease Biomarkers Created By Scientists
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Successful Development Of Prototype Assays
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Green Technology To Boost Production Of Malaria 'wonder Drug'
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Surgeons cautious on hip surfacing technique
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:48 EST
- Artificial Retina Could Help Blind Regain Partial Sight
ScienceDaily - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Teen Dating Abuse Made Worse by Technology
ABC News - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:31 EST
- Teen Dating Abuse Made Worse by Technology
ABC News - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:57 EST
- Prematurity More Accurately Predicted By Advances In Proteomic Technology
ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nasal Flu Vaccines Provide 'Double' Immunity, Carrington Labs Says
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Chlamydia Vaccine A Step Closer To Reality
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Fetal Nucleic Acid Technology Offers Potential Alternative To Amniocentesis
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Technology Captures Tumors' Genetic Profile, Guides Cancer Treatment
ScienceDaily - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- NYIT Professor Discovers Next Generation Of DNA And RNA Microarrays
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Second Opinion: Girl or Boy? As Fertility Technology Advances, So Does an Ethical Debate
New York Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:17 EST
- Health Affairs Web Exclusive Interview Examines Future Of Imaging Procedures
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Grant To Study Creativity In The Response To Two Terrorist Attacks
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Prematurity More Accurately Predicted By Advances In Proteomic Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Chlamydia Vaccine A Step Closer To Reality
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Chlamydia Vaccine A Step Closer To Reality
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- SkinMedica(R) Announces Commercial Launch Of Desonate(TM) (desonide) Gel 0.05% With Patented Hydrogel Technology For Treatment Of Atopic Dermatitis
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Bacteria Fighter Goes Where Antibiotics Can't
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Medicsight Plc Receives Canadian Medical Device Licenses For ColonCAD API And LungCAD API
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Penn Awarded $2M Grant From Keck Foundation For Fundamental Research On Parkinson's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Bones In Motion: Brown Scientists To Create New 3-D X-ray System
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Noise Echoes In Cell Communications
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Zymes LLC Obtains GRAS Status For Its New Water-Soluble Coenzyme Q10, HQO(TM)
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Some at risk for being cell-phone addict
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:47 EST
- Chromium Picolinate Shows Greater Benefits In Diabetes Care Than Other Forms Of Chromium
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Halozyme Therapeutics Releases Results Of Enhanze Technology Clinical Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Innovative CRTs Track Heart Patients Progress From Home
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Ultrasound technology - boon or a bane?
The Earth Times - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:31 EST
- Health Researchers Aided By Standardized House Dust
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Enhancing Medical Imaging With Nano-Magnets
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Sutter Health Reaches Major Milestone In Patient Safety
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Radio frequency heart monitors help seniors
The Earth Times - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:45 EST
- OHSU Studies Of Technology For Healthy Aging Get Boost
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Avicena Completes Dose-Escalation Portion Of Chronic Toxicology Study Of Parkinson's Disease Drug Candidate PD-02
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Research Investigates Whether Vitamin Folate Helps To Treat Depression
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Signs Technology License Agreement With AriaVax For Development Of HIV Vaccine
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Sigma-Aldrich Enhances Internet-Based Bioactive Nutrient Explorer To Improve Customer Access To Nutrition Research Information
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Cutera Introduces Novel Laser Wavelength For Cosmetic Dermatology
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Innovative CRTs Track Heart Patients Progress From Home
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Chromium Picolinate Shows Greater Clinical Benefits In Diabetes Management Than Other Forms Of Chromium Supplements
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Alveolus, Inc. Launches AERO(TM) Hybrid Tracheobronchial Stent System In U.S.
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
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