Assistive Technology

Question: Discuss the importance of AT Devices.Use of AT Devices.Selection and Decision Making Process in Assistive Technology.Assistive technology performance over their working principals.Scope of Improvement. Answer: Importance of AT Devices The over growing technological enhancement brings many features towards the modern age people, but this technological improvement is not compatible for people with disability. To make a suitable platform in between the new technology and the physically challenged people Assistive Technology or AT is introduced. Assistive technology act as conversion buffer so that the newly introduced technology can be converted for the person with a disability. Knowing the range of matching ratio of AT devices - Assistive technology based devices are designed from the user perspective ("Assistive Technology Assessment - Find the Right Tools", 2016). So it can create an influential impact over its user because the type of disability and percentage of disability are differed from time to time and person to person. If the usability ratio varied from one end to another end, so it is oblivious the AT device users need to check their device range or description before using it on their purpose. Use of AT Devices If I use the Assistive technology in my classroom to overcome my disability factor with the layer of new technological development, then I should follow some precaution before using it. Before adopting of new assistive technology, first I will make an analysis to check the compatibility of the device with my disability ("Consumer Guides for Buying and Marketing Assistive and Learning Technologies", 2016). If the compatibility ratio turns a green signal about confirming the maximum compatibility factor, then I go for the next level checking. After satisfying with the compatibility ratio, I will check for its quality standard because low or wrong quality standard can harm my physical condition. Now I should check the AT devices user instruction manual for creating a proper and convenient communication channel among the device and technological approach. Selection and Decision Making Process in Assistive Technology Assistive technology is born by helping the physically challenged person so that they can also take the advantage of new edge technological development. In the era of utilizing Assistive technology, it is the best way to integrate this technology in the root level of disability ("assistive-technology-resources", 2016). Peoples can suffer from their disability from the birth or the disability developed over the years. It is easy to select those people who are disabled by their birth and in this scenario school children are the top most area where AT can totally change their view towards technology uses. The using of assistive technology over the child education or assistance it is necessary to take some measurements over its uses. These proactive measurements will help for a successive decision making AT services. Assistive technology performance over their working principals For creating a performance evaluation, it is necessary to check the workability of AT devices in regular interval. First of all users' needs to check their AT device services are goes on the predefined context of materials which is set by the manufacturer ("assistive-technology-resources", 2016). The Next thing is to collaborate all the functionality over application uses. If the functionality of the AT device met all the requirements, then it can say that the AT device is well formatted. Scope of Improvement The functionality of an Assistive technological device differs by its type of uses and type of user. There are no one AT device is present in the market which can directly improvise the content of AT module along with the user needs (Gilman, 2016). Users are trained on AT devices services for making it more useful but now day's artificial knowledge learning system make it simpler with the help adaptive knowledge base. So it oblivious the rapid technological growth in the area of artificial programming or algorithm can make life easier for the person with a disability. References Assistive Technology Assessment - Find the Right Tools. (2016).Techpotential.net. Retrieved 19 August 2016, from https://www.techpotential.net/assessment assistive-technology-resources. (2016).Edutopia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016, from https://www.edutopia.org/article/assistive-technology-resources#graph2 Consumer Guides for Buying and Marketing Assistive and Learning Technologies. (2016).https://techmatrix.org/. Retrieved 19 August 2016, from https://techmatrix.org/sites/all/themes/TechMatrix/images/consumerguide.pdf Gilman, d. (2016).cognitive disabilities reminders, prompts and cues at specified times or under specified conditions.Abilityhub.com. Retrieved 19 August 2016, from https://www.abilityhub.com/cognitive/index.htm