“We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with disability.” — Stevie Wonder
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Assistive Technology to Help the Disabled at Work
Technology has always lent a helping hand for people with disabilities such as visual impairment, speech impairment, people with motion disabilities or disorders etc. There are a lot of apps and gadgets that can help ease the difficulties people with disability face on a daily basis, and in this post you will be seeing 5 key facts about Assistive Technology
These are the keys:
Key 1: Assistive technology is an umbrella term covering the systems and services related to the delivery of assistive products and services.
Key 2: Assistive products maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being.
Key 3: Hearing aids, wheelchairs, communication aids, spectacles, prostheses, pill organizers and memory aids are all examples of assistive products.
Key 4: Globally, more than 1 billion people need 1 or more assistive products.
Key 5: With an ageing global population and a rise in noncommunicable diseases, more than 2 billion people will need at least 1 assistive product by 2030, with many older people needing 2 or more.
In order to understand the people who has disabilities, we gather some information and interview to hear their side for us to feel in their shoes and relate for what they feel in their condition.
Here are their catchable and touchy answer:
Does the assistive technology (in case) helps you exceed your physical limitations? * Yes, because having a prosthetic leg, like me, helps me to walk and do some physical activities even though I don’t have an actual leg. -Anonymous
2. Can this technologies will help you cope up with other person without disabilities? * Yes its a big help for me because I can really be with other normal people especially with my family. I can join whatever activities and bondings. And of course, I don’t missed some special occasions and memories with them -Anonymous
2. Can this technologies will help you cope up with other person without disabilities? * Yes because despite of my incompleteness i can communicate to others like a normal person with the help of this technologies we can be as competitive like a normal person i can do what they can do. With the help of this i can live with no limits and i can enjoy my life. – Anonymous
3. In scale of 1-10 rate how you’re being treated even with your disability? * I can say 9, it’s not easy to cope up with people who does not understand our situation i mean my co-pwd’s community, yes it’s difficult to deal especially to those people who always mock people like us, laugh at us, bully us. but in the end you can’t please other people to understand what your situation is, it’s about loving and accepting yourself. – Anonymous
BLOGGERS BLOCK
Our group give their own opinion to this blog, As a group we dicided the thought of our insights in this topic which is Assistive Technology for PWD’s.
PWD was very crucial topic, there’s some situation that you can’t take because there’s something that will knock your heart and despite of their struggle they are really want to make their life more worth it. It is so heartwarming because there’s invention for the PWD that will lessen their struggles of having such disability. I know this topic would be sensitive for others, but our main intention is to let people know that equality is important we want to share with others that having disabilities is not easy we want to feel their shoes, comfort them, approach them because yes we may not know the feeling having disabilities but we can feel their pain looking in their eyes, in the help of assistive technology aids, it helps them to feel that their have not missing something in them but to feel that they have things that we have too.
-ARCEGA, VINCE
12 ICT 1
This topic would bring awareness to all people who has disabilities. Assistive technology will help person with disabilities or PWD to cope up with their lack of experience and to do some things just like normal people does. And this topic will help them to have prior knowledge about this technologies and how will it help to live their life to the fullest and for future purposes.
-MORINES, GREDIELLE ANNE
12 ICT 1
Pwd was very crucial topic, theres some situation that you cant take coz theres something that knock your heart and despite of their struggle they are really want to make their life. Im so glad cause theres invention for the PWD’s, they will lessen their struggles of being PWD.
-MARTIN, JOHN LAWRENCE
12 ICT 1
Our topic was hard for the interview part because some of our respondents had a hard time to share their stories. But on the other side of the hardships was full of inspiration, perseverance and motivation. Because of their way to persevere to near equalize us people who have no disabilities. I hope that in the future, the technologies for the disabled person, young or old, may evolve for their use. And also with a reasonable price for them.
-ALBERT, JAMES
12 ICT 1
This topic would bring a big help for those people who have disabilities. Technologies will give them some knowledge about social media. How to use it. Technologies will help to communicate with their family or friends .
-TOCMO, KRISTINE
12 ICT 1
We choose Assistive technology for Pwd’s because it is not a common topic to tackle, But our group focuses on their stories on how they can cope up to the world despite of their incompleteness. On how they can survive their daily life and hearing their different stories while we interview them makes me realize that we should treat them equal and support them because they need us they need our support to boost their confidence and inspire them that despite of their incompleteness they can be as competitive as normal people can do and with the help of this new technologies they “Can do what they Can’t do”. To some it up our group believes that Equalllity is a “Must” because we believe we can make change and be part of their stories.
-MIRANDA, KIMBERLY
12 ICT 1
Our topic will help people with disabilities to improve their quality of life and normal people to understand PWD’s situation. Because of their situation people with disability have lower educational attainment and fewer economic opportunities. With Assistive technology devices they can improve, show and allowing them to become more independent and to have self-confidence to do what they want to do. Even if they have disability they can do what normal people can do. We people should become advocates for individuals with disabilities by promoting equality in everyday aspect of life.
-VICENTE, APPLE
12 ICT 1
They have already experienced that not all the time life is fair. Wherein we experienced so many struggles and circumstances. And also have blame above why do they need to suffer in a pain like that. That, they is not true and it is not true that he knows what’s best for them. Upon all of those sleepless nights, when crying just become their hobby, and have a feeling that all of the people in their life betrayed them.
-VILLAPAÑE, MITZI
12 ICT 1
Now we want to hear your sides and opinions about our topic, you can give your comments and suggestions to our blog too!
REFERENCE
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/assistive-apps-gadgets/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyBXBLa5YUo
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/assistive-technology
https://online.alvernia.edu/5-assistive-technology-tools-that-are-making-a-difference/
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