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View Post: Becta contracts for assistive devices
15 Nov 2009
The government's education technology agency has struck a deal for the supply of adapted hardware devices for recipients of the Home Access programme. Becta has signed up Keytools to provide assistive technology to learners who need ...
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View Post: Question Time: Assistive Devices
16 Nov 2009 by Chally  
Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. What are your assistive devices, if any? ('Assistive device' defined as broadly as you like.) ©2009 FWD/Forward. ...
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View Post: Ontario Health Care - for those over 50: Assistive Devices for ...
7 Nov 2009 by Jenn Jilks  
The Ontario government provides assistance in renting or purchasing assistive devices for those without the finances to purchase special equipment Assistive Devices Program (ADP). There are agencies which provide money for things such ...
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View Post: Speech-Assistive Devices
9 Nov 2009 by presspass  
A journalist with a national therapy magazine sends the following query: In upcoming editorial, I will be focusing on the field and applications of assistive devices for speech language therapy applications. ...
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View Post: Why Some Seniors Won't Use Assistive Devices? « Nowhere Like Home
23 Oct 2009 by nowherelikehome  
Assistive devices—canes, walkers, reachers, bath benches, and so on—are usually prescribed for a reason, yet approximately 30 per cent of these devices are completely abandoned and not used by the person who “needs” the device. ...
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View Post: Me and My Kindle
13 Nov 2009 by carlascorner  
So I guess you could say that my Kindle, like my glasses, is an assistive device. It helps me keep up with current fiction in spite of my failing eyesight. And it's a really cool assistive device. ...
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View Post: Gayle Kvenvold, Patti Cullen: Minnesota at forefront in care for ...
18 hours ago
... the use of assistive devices like walkers, reviewing medications that may have adverse effects, using lifts to transfer residents from bed to chair, staff assistance while walking, and treating other problems like incontinence that ...
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