What Is Assistive Technology?

Or the tools that make disabled life easier

You may not have heard of “assistive technology,” but it is everywhere—walkers, canes, glasses, wheelchairs, and so forth.

Wikipedia defines it as “devices for people with disabilities and the elderly” and notes that disabled people use assistive technology (or AT) to help them live independently. Personally, I don’t care for this definition. It’s too li…