Assistive Devices

If you have a disability or injury, you may use a number of assistive devices. These are tools, products or types of equipment that help you perform tasks and activities. They may help you move around, see, communicate, eat, or get dressed. Some are high-tech tools, such as computers. Others are much simpler, like a "reacher" - a tool that helps you grab an object you can't reach.

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  1. Assistive Devices (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... or injury, you may use a number of assistive devices. These are tools, products or types of equipment ...
    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. 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
  4. 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
  5. Recovery Tips for Daily Living (American Stroke Association)  
    Stroke Rehabilitation/Related Issues ... Stroke Rehabilitation ... American Stroke Association
    https://www.stroke.org/en/life-after-stroke/recovery/daily-living - External Health Links
  6. 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
  7. Caring for Your Child with Cerebral Palsy (CP): Ages 6-12 (Nemours Foundation)  
    ... 504 education plan, special ed, education, respite care, assistive devices, bullying, puberty, special needs
    https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cp-checklist-big-kids.html - External Health Links
  8. 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
  9. Hearing Treatment and Intervention Services (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Hearing Problems in Children/Treatments and Therapies ... Hearing Problems in Children ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... No single treatment or intervention ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/treatment.html - External Health Links
  10. Living with hearing loss 
    ... on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) website. Assistive devices for people with hearing, voice, speech, or language ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000360.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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