Barriers to the Use of Assistive Technology
In recent times, technology has been taking over almost every sector. Now and then, innovations hit the market with a bang intending to make people’s lives easy. Assistive technology, for instance, is one of the advancements that you can hardly ignore. Say, for example, assistive technology in schools. It includes tools such as text to speech output. With such mechanisms in place, learners with reading challenges are in a position to pursue studies with fewer struggles.
Assistive Technology, or AT, as known by many people, also includes things such as wheelchairs. That means individuals with walking disabilities can be in a position to compensate for their disabilities and exist in every day society. The improvements in the AT sector have reduced dependency amongst people with disabilities. In other words, today, students or older adults with disabilities can carry on with their business without the need for assistance from people close to them.
Recently, major corporations such as Google and Apple have stepped forward in the journey to improve the AT sector. Such [...]