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Assistive devices

What are assistive devices?

Assistive devices are tools, products, or equipment that can help you perform tasks and activities. They may help you move around, see, communicate, eat, or get dressed.

Who might benefit from assistive devices?

You may use various assistive devices if you:

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Results 1 - 10 of 159 for assistive devices
  1. Assistive Devices (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are assistive devices? Assistive devices are tools, products, or equipment that can help you perform tasks and activities. They may help you move around, see, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/assistivedevices.html - Health Topics
  2. Assistive Devices for People with Hearing, Voice, Speech, or Language Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)  
    The terms "assistive device" or "assistive technology" refer to devices that help people with hearing loss or other disorders to communicate. Learn ...
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/...ring-voice-speech-or-language-disorders - External Health Links
  3. Assistive Devices: Positioning Aids (Slideshow) Easy-to-Read (Nemours Foundation)  
    assistive devices, positioners, cerebral palsy, cp, special needs, chair, commode, stander, infant seat, wheelchair, bath, bathing, bathroom, toileting, ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/assistive-devices-positioners.html - External Health Links
  4. What Are Some Types of Assistive Devices and How Are They Used? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Assistive Devices/Learn More
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/.../topics/rehabtech/conditioninfo/device - External Health Links
  5. The WREX Orthosis: Assistive Device (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    WREX, exoskeleton, brace, magic arms, assistive devices, arm weakness, arthrogryposis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, orthotic, orthotics, orthosis, wheelchair, upper arm weakness
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/wrex.html - External Health Links
  6. Caring for Your Child with Cerebral Palsy (CP): Ages 6-12 Video (Nemours Foundation)  
    ... more time to take tests. Step 2: Consider Assistive Devices Technology can help kids with CP complete tasks ... occupational, and speech therapists can help identify which assistive devices will benefit your child the most. They also ...
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cp-checklist-big-kids.html - Videos
  7. How Does Rehabilitative Technology Benefit People with Disabilities? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Assistive Devices/Learn More
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/rehabtech/conditioninfo/help - External Health Links
  8. Treatment and Intervention for Hearing Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Early intervention, special education, assistive hearing devices, medical and surgical
    https://www.cdc.gov/hearing-loss-children/treatment - External Health Links
  9. What Are Common Treatments for Down Syndrome? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    Down Syndrome/Treatments and Therapies ... Down Syndrome ... Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ... From the National Institutes ...
    https://www.nichd.nih.gov/.../topics/down/conditioninfo/treatments - External Health Links
  10. Cerebral Palsy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Cerebral Palsy/Start Here ... Cerebral Palsy ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Cerebral palsy (CP) ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../disorders/cerebral-palsy - External Health Links
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