assistive device
Supportive aid equipment
An assistive device is equipment that helps people with disabilities perform tasks they couldn't easily do otherwise.
The category includes wheelchairs, hearing aids, screen readers, prosthetic limbs, and communication boards.
The school provided assistive devices for students with visual impairments.
In legal and medical contexts, the term often determines what insurance or institutions must cover.
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- power chairMotorized mobility seat
- caneStick for support
- white caneNavigation aid for blindness
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
prosthetic · hearing aid · closed captioning · crutch · brace · mobility · guide dog · grab bar · grab rail · ramp · lift · scooter · orthotic · leg brace · stairlift · support · independence · accessibility
- hearingear, cochlea, hearing loss, deaf, hearing test
- disability supportwheelchair, walker, crutches, braces, hearing aid
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- human-machine interfacebrain-computer interface, neural interface, neural link, user interface, haptic feedback
- Vision Lossblindness, blind, low vision, legally blind, partial blindness
- neurorehabstroke recovery, brain injury rehab, balance training, neuroplasticity, functional recovery
assistive devicecure
Treatment that heals
corrective surgery · remedy · definitive treatment · surgical correction · gene therapy
assistive devicerestraint
Control over impulses
impediment · barrier · obstruction · handicap · immobilizer
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