Different Types of Assistive Technology

• Aids for Daily Living
  Products to aid in activities of daily living.
  Major Categories: Bathing, Carrying, Child Care, Clothing, Dispenser Aids, Dressing, Drinking, Feeding, Grooming/Hygiene, Handle Padding, Health Care, Holding, Reaching, Time, Smoking, Toileting, Transfer.

• Blind and Low Vision
  Products for people with visual disabilities.
  Major Categories: Computers, Educational Aids, Health Care, Information Storage, Kitchen Aids, Labeling, Magnification, Office Equipment, Orientation and Mobility, Reading, Recreation, Sensors, Telephones, Time, Tools, Travel, Typing, Writing (Braille).

• Communication
  Products to help people with disabilities related to speech, writing and other methods of communication.
  Major Categories: Alternative and Augmentative Communication, Headwands, Mouthsticks, Signal Systems, Telephones, Typing, Writing.

• Computers
  Products to allow people with disabilities to use desktop and laptop computers and other kinds of information technology.
  Major Categories: Software, Hardware, Computer Accessories.

• Controls
  Products that provide people with disabilities with the ability to start, stop or adjust electric or electronic devices.
  Major Categories: Environmental Controls, Control Switches.

• Deaf And Hard of Hearing
  Products for people with hearing disabilities.
  Major Categories: Amplification, Driving, Hearing Aids, Recreational Electronics, Sign Language, Signal Switches, Speech Training, Telephones, Time.

• Deaf Blind
  Products for people who are both deaf and blind.

• Education
  Products to provide people with disabilities with access to educational materials and instruction in school and in other learning environments.
  Major Categories: Classroom, Instructional Materials.

• Environmental Adaptations
  Products that make the built environment more accessible.
  Major Categories: Indoor Environment, Furniture, Outdoor Environment, Vertical Accessibility, Houses, Polling Place Accessibility, Lighting, Signs.

• Housekeeping
  Products to that assist in cooking, cleaning, and other household activities as well as adapted appliances.
  Major Categories: Food Preparation, Housekeeping General, Cleaning, Ironing, Laundry, Shopping.

• Orthotics
  Braces and other products to support or supplement joints or limbs.
  Major categories: Head and Neck, Lower Extremity, Torso, Upper Extremity.

• Prosthetics
  Products for amputees.
  Major categories: Lower Extremity, Upper Extremity.

• Recreation
  Products to assist people with disabilities with their leisure and athletic activities.
  Major Categories: Crafts, Electronics, Gardening, Music, Photography, Sewing, Sports, Toys.

• Safety and Security
  Products to protect health and home.
  Major Categories: Alarm and Security Systems, Child Proof Devices, Electric Cords, Lights, Locks.

• Seating
  Products that assist people to sit comfortably and safely.
  Major Categories: Seating Systems, Cushions, Therapeutic Seats.

• Therapeutic Aids
  Products that assist in treatment for health problems and therapy and training for certain disabilities.
  Major Categories: Ambulation Training, Biofeedback, Evaluation, Exercise, Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Perceptual Motor, Positioning, Pressure/Massage Modality Equipment, Respiratory Aids, Rolls, Sensory Integration, Stimulators, Therapy Furnishings, Thermal/Water Modality Equipment, Traction.

• Transportation
  Products to enable people with disabilities to drive or ride in cars, vans, trucks and buses.
  Major Categories: Mass Transit Vehicles and Facilities, Vehicles, Vehicle Accessories.

• Walking
  Products to aid people with disabilities who are able to walk or stand with assistance.
  Major Categories: Canes, Crutches, Standing, Walkers.

• Wheeled Mobility
  Products and accessories that enable people with mobility disabilities to move freely indoors and outdoors.
  Major Categories: Wheelchairs (Manual, Sport, and Powered), Wheelchair Alternatives (Scooters), Wheelchair Accessories, Carts, Transporters, Stretchers.

• Workplace
  Products to aid people with disabilities at work.
  Major Categories: Agricultural Equipment, Office Equipment, Tools, Vocational Assessment, Vocational Training, Work Stations.