Assistive Devices

• Overviews
• Assistive Technology: Frequently Asked Questions (Alliance for Technology Access)
• Assistive Technology: What You Need to Know (Alliance for Technology Access)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• Assistive Devices for the Home: Tools and Tips to Make Life Easier (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Buying Medical Devices Online (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Consumers: People Who Buy and Use Wheelchairs (University of Pittsburgh)
• FDA Approves Stair-Climbing Wheelchair (Food and Drug Administration)
• Financial Assistance for Prosthesis and Other Assistive Devices (Amputee Coalition of America)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions for People with Disabilities (Federal Communications Commission)
• Home Healthcare Medical Devices: A Checklist (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Informed Consumer's Guide to Funding Assistive Technology (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
• Introduction to Adaptive Computer Technology (Lighthouse International)
• Make Sure the Medical Device You Choose Is Designed for You (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Multiple Sclerosis: Assistive Devices (National Multiple Sclerosis Society)
• New Wheelchair Keeps People on the Move (Food and Drug Administration)
• Robotic Limbs (Society for Neuroscience)
• What Are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"? (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

• Research
• Emerging Trends in Medical Device Technology (Food and Drug Administration)
• NIDRR's Long Range Plan - Technology for Access and Function Research (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Assistive Technology Glossary (Family Center on Technology and Disability)
• List of Wheelchair and Seating Words (University of Pittsburgh)

• Directories
• ABLEDATA: Get Product Info (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
• Assistive Technology Connections: State Contact List (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America)
• Assistive Technology Products for Farmers/Ranchers: AgrAbility Database (Dept. of Agriculture)
• Grants-in-Aid for Adaptive Equipment (Lighthouse International)
• Products: Activities of Daily Living (University of Pittsburgh)
• Search Assistive Technology Resources (Family Center on Technology and Disability)

• Organizations
• Access Board
• AgrAbility Project (Dept. of Agriculture)
• Alliance for Technology Access
• Assistivetech.net (Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access)
• Family Center on Technology and Disability
• National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)

• Law and Policy
• Medicare Announces New Initiatives on Power Wheelchair Coverage and Payment Policy (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Disabilities/Impairments (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Wheelchair Use in the United States (Disability Statistics Center)

• Children
• Assistive Technology and Your Child (Nemours Foundation)
• Assistive Technology in K-12 Schools (Alliance for Technology Access)
• Caring for a Child Dependent on Medical Technology (Nemours Foundation)
• Welcome To...We Can Play! (Alliance for Technology Access)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Wheelchairs (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• Access Transition (Alliance for Technology Access)

• Seniors
• Assistive Technology (Administration on Aging)