Blindness
This type of mobility aid is a long stick that blind individuals will wave in front of them to become more aware of their immediate surroundings.
A cane or walking stick
This accessible technology provides a written transcription of what is being said.
Closed Captions or subtitles
This gradual incline allows disabled individuals easier access into places.
Ramp
The written form of communication allows users with speech delays to more quickly and effectively communicate.
Texting
No Dogs Allowed!....unless?
Guide Dogs/ Service Dogs
This type of machine allows them to type in this language.
Brailler (Braille TypeWriter)
This technology amplifies sound to a person's ear.
Hearing Aids
This mobility aid allows support so individual can walk.
Cane, walker
This technology benefits all of us when we can't remember how to spell a word.
Grammarly/Spell Check
LOOK, LOOK with your special eyes
Scientist have had a lot of progress in creating robotic eyes
This ancient technology is used in glasses microscopes. and even on your phones. using a curbed piece of glass. to make things appear larger.
Magnifiers/magnifying glass.
This accessible technology has its roots in Star Trek which allows users to see each other visually through devices.
Video Chat
This device allows the user to sit and still be able to move around.
Wheelchair, Power-chair
This technology allows you to dictate or speak into your device and transcribes it.
Speech to Text
A Captain in Never-land Used this kind of prosthetic after peter Pan feed his hand to an alligator.
a Hook!
This technology allows the written word to be turned into an audio format.
Text to speech
This technology helps to assist deaf or hard of hearing individuals about an emergency or an alert to wake up.
Flashing emergency/Flashing alarm clocks or vibrating alarms
This technology allows users to be lifted up and down multiple stories of a building.
Elevator/Lift
This technology allows you to use your phone or tablet to touch visual cues of what a user would want to say. The Tablet or phone voices it outloud
AAC (augmentative and assistive communication device)
Robotic Legs that Move the Legs for the user.
Name one type of accessibility feature on your smartphone.
Screenreaders, Video transcriptions, image descriptions on social media, touch talkback, high contrast and nighttime versions of themes
Name assistive technology on your cellphone.
Bluetooth, live captioning, vibration for notifications, mute all sounds
When a user needs a body part supported or replaced, they will often use this kind of technology which is custom made for them.
Prosthetics
This technology allows you virtually simulate social situations.
VR, VR games
Name a accessible technology that we haven't talked about today.
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