Yu kin de wɔnda wetin na dis "assistive technology". Sɔntɛm yu nɔ bin dɔn yɛri di wɔd bifo. Bɔt yu go sɔprayz if a tɛl yu se mi ɛn yu, lɛk wi ɔl, go aks fɔ ɛp frɔm dis ɛp teknɔlɔji sɔm tɛm na wi layf. I kin bi ɛnitin we rili de nia wi layf, ɛnitin we de ɛp wi fɔ du wi wok dɛn we wi kin du ɛvride izi wan.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Assistive Technology?
Assistive technology, ɔ wetin wi kɔl ``Assistive Technology'', kin bi ɛni kayn prɔdak ɔ savis we de ɛp yu fɔ du yu ɛvride wok dɛn izi wan. Dis na tɔpik we rili brayt. Imajin, sɔntɛnde i nɔ kin izi fɔ wi mama fɔ opin wata bɔtul kap bikɔs ɔf in jɔyn pen. If wi yuz gadget we de mek am izi fɔ opin da tɛm de, dat min se dat na ɛp teknɔlɔji bak.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wi kin sheb dɛn tin ya to sɔm men kategori dɛn:
- Di tin dɛn we yu kin yuz fɔ mek yu bɔdi: shawa chia, stik fɔ waka, ɛn fut fɔ mɛn yu.
- Dijital savis: Tin dɛn lɛk sɔftwɛl fɔ no aw pɔsin de tɔk ɔ skrin rida.
- Tin dɛn bin mek am izi fɔ ɔlman na pɔblik ples dɛn: Imajin if yu go na supamakit ɛn ramp de fɔ push yu pikin in strola. Aw dat go izi fɔ pɔsin we de na wilchia ɛn fɔ yu? Ɛn domɔt dɛn we kin opin fɔ dɛnsɛf we yu push wan bɔtin.
Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ``Adaptiv Tɛknɔlɔji''. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn kin mek dɛn tin ya fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn disabled. Bɔt, di tru tin na dat, wi ɔl de bɛnifit frɔm dɛn teknɔlɔji dɛn ya. As a bin se bifo, ramp we dɛn mek fɔ ɛp pɔsin we de na wilchia fɔ krɔs di rod, mama we gɛt pikin we de insay strola, ɔ pɔsin we de push troli we ful-ɔp wit guds, dɛn de ɛp ɔlman.
So, udat de yuz teknɔlɔji dɛn lɛk dis?
Infakt, klos to wi ɔl kin yuz dɛn ɛp teknɔlɔji ya sɔm tɛm na wi layf. Dɛn kin fayn fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik wae de afɛkt di we aw dɛn de muv dɛn bɔdi, tink, lan, ɔr de intarakt wit di wɔl wae de arawnd dɛm. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn gɛt fridɔm.
Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt wan pan dɛn tin ya, dɛn tin ya we go ɛp yu go rili ɛp yu:
- Nyuromɔskular sik dɛn (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS) .
- Jɔyn pen (Atraytis) .
- Prɔblɛm fɔ pe atɛnshɔn (Atɛnshɔn-dɛfisit/haypa aktiviti disɔda - ADHD) .
- Ɔtizm `(Otizm)`
- Blaynd ɔ yu nɔ de si fayn
- Dimɛnshɔnal sik
- di wikεns dεm na di joyn dεm εn di kכnektiv tisu dεm (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) .
- Frailty we kin kam wit di ej
- I nɔ de yɛri fayn igen
- Intɛlektual disabiliti
- Disabiliti fɔ lan
- Muscular dystrophy (we di mכsul dεm wik) .
- Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Parkinson
- Spinal kɔd injuri
Di impɔtant tin na dat dɛn ɛp teknɔlɔji ya nɔto wikɛd tin. I tan lɛk se yu wɛr glas. If wi nɔ ebul fɔ si, wi kin wɛr glas. Ɛn if i nɔ izi fɔ wi fɔ du sɔntin, i kin rili kɔmɔn fɔ yuz divays fɔ ɛp wi fɔ du am.
Aw dis teknɔlɔji de ɛp yu?
Yu go sɔprayz fɔ si bɔku tin dɛn we dɛn tin ya we de ɛp pipul dɛn kin ɛp wit na yu layf. Lɛ wi si wetin yu go du wit dɛn.
| Task we nid ɛp | Di bɛnifit we i go gɛt |
|---|---|
| Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride | Yu go ebul fɔ du tin dɛn lɛk fɔ muv, was, drɛs, ɛn it fɔ yusɛf. |
| Tɔk | I kin ɛp fɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn, lisin to wetin dɛn de tɔk, ɛn si di tin dɛn we de arawnd dɛn. |
| Mental wɛlbɔdi biznɛs | I kin ɛp yu fɔ mek yu fil fayn, lan ɛn mɛmba infɔmeshɔn, ɛn kɔntrol di sayn dɛm. |
| Indipɛndɛns ɛn sikyɔriti | Yu gɛt di fridɔm fɔ du wetin yu want, aw yu want. Yu kin de sef, ɛn go fɛn nyu ɛn ples dɛn we yu sabi. |
| Wok ɛn sosayti | Dɛn tin ya go mek yu gɛt bɔku trɛnk fɔ fɛn wok we go fayn fɔ yu ɛn we yu lɛk ɛn du am. |
Lɛ wi luk sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt tɛknɔlɔji we de ɛp pipul dɛn.
Bɔku bɔku tɛknɔlɔjik divays ɛn savis dɛn de. I nɔ pɔsibul fɔ tɔk bɔt dɛn ɔl na dis atikul. Bɔt lɛ wi luk sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn we yu go yuz na yu layf ɛvride.
Tin dɛn we yu kin yuz na os
Bɔrku tin dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu fɔ du tin na yu os, fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm, ɛn fɔ de sef.
- Fɔl alert savis: Sistem we kin alɛrt yu if ol pɔsin, mɔ di wan we de in wan fɔdɔm.
- Alam we de shek shek: Divays dɛn we de wɔn bɔt faya ɔ kabɔn monoksayd we de lik nɔto jɔs bay sawnd, bɔt bak bay we i de shek (i impɔtant fɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn).
- Spɔnj, fɔk, ɛn kɔp dɛn we izi fɔ ol.
- Grab bar fɔ ɛkstra sɔpɔt ɛn balans: Dɛn tin ya na tin dɛn we pipul dɛn lɛk mɔ na batrum ɛn tɔylɛt.
- Ramp: Dɛn mek ramp dɛn fɔ mek i izi fɔ pipul dɛn we de yuz wilchia fɔ go na say dɛn lɛk batrum ɔ insay os.
- Divays dɛn we de ɛp yu fɔ rich to tin dɛn we de fa: Di tin dɛn we de ɛp yu fɔ rich de ɛp yu fɔ pik sɔntin we dɔn fɔdɔm, wɛr sɔks, ɛn drɛs.
- Shawa sidɔm ples dɛn.
- Smat os teknɔlɔji: Fɔ ebul fɔ on/ɔf layt ɛn fan wit yu vɔys.
- Stej dɛn we dɛn kin lif.
- Blanket we gɛt wet: I de ɛp fɔ mek yu maynd kol.
Tin dɛn fɔ yuz we yu de travul
Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin si dɛn tin ya na biznɛs, gɔvmɛnt ɔfis, ɔspitul, ɛn pɔblik ples dɛn. Pan ɔl we dɛn mek dɛn fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn, dɛn kin rili mek layf izi fɔ wi ɔl.
- Batrum/tɔylɛt dɛn we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ go.
- Ples dɛn fɔ pak motoka dɛn we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ go.
- Ɛlifant dɛn.
- Kɔridɔ ɛn rod fɔ waka wayd fɔ muv rawnd izi wan.
- "Push fɔ opin" domɔt bɔtin dɛn.
- Ramp ɛn kɔrb kɔt.
Tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz ɛnisay
Sɔm ɛp teknɔlɔji dɛn dɔn bi nɔmal tin na wi layf, ɛn wi de yuz dɛn ɛnisay we wi go. Dɛn tin ya na tin dɛn we de ɛp fɔ waka, ɛn tin dɛn we de ɛp fɔ si, yɛri, ɛn tɔk to pipul dɛn.
| Di kayn ikwipmɛnt | Ɛgzampul dɛn |
|---|---|
| Di tin dɛn we de ɛp pɔsin fɔ muv | Ken, waka, mobiliti skutɛr ɛn wilchia. |
| Di tin dɛn we de ɛp pɔsin fɔ si | Glas, skrin rida dɛn. |
| Di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz fɔ yɛri | Di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz fɔ yɛri. |
| Di tin dɛn we de ɛp fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn | Divays dɛn we de mek pɔsin tɔk. |
| Ɔda sɔpɔt dɛn | fכldabl chia dεm we dεn kin muv fכ sidon we nid de, `(Orthotics)` (divays dεm we de gi sכpכt to bכdi pat dεm), `(Prostheses)` (atifishal limb dεm). |
Aw yu kin fɛn dɛn ɛp teknɔlɔji ya?
If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk nid dis kayn ɛp teknɔlɔji, di fɔs ɛn impɔtant tin fɔ du na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. Dat kin bi yu famili dɔktɔ, spɛshal dɔktɔ we de trit yu, pɔsin we de mɛn yu bɔdi, ɔ pɔsin we de mɛn yu wok. Dɛn kin tɛl yu uskayn ikwipmɛnt ɛn softwe we go ɛp yu pas ɔl.
Apat frɔm dat, yu kin gɛt fayn fayn advays frɔm mɛsej bɔd dɛn we de na di Intanɛt ɛn sɔpɔt grup dɛn. Ɔda pipul dɛm wae gɛt di sem kayn sik lɛk yu kin tɔk bɔt de prɔdak wae dɛn de yuse ɛn de bɛnifit wae dɛn de gi. Yu kin ivin lan tin dɛn we yu nɔ bin ɛva tink bɔt.
If yu de luk fɔ dɛn tin ya fɔ yu pikin, tɔk to yu pikin in dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn, skul administreshɔn, ɔ spɛshal nid advaysa dɛn.
Yu tink se dis nid fɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn?
Sɔm tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz fɔ ɛp pɔsin kin nid fɔ gɛt dɔktɔ in prɛskrishɔn, bɔt ɔda wan dɛn nɔ kin nid am. Bɔt if yu wɛlbɔdi inshɔrans de pe fɔ dɛn divays dɛn ya, yu go mɔs nid dɔktɔ in prɛskrishɔn. Dipen pan yu situeshɔn ɛn nid, yu kin ebul fɔ gɛt mɔni ɛp bak frɔm sɔm gɔvmɛnt program ɔ kɔmyuniti grup dɛn. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen dis to yu mɔ.
Fɔ dɔn, dɛn ɛp teknɔlɔji ya, lɛk aw di nem sho, dɛn mek fɔ "ɛp" yu, fɔ mit yu nid dɛm. Di divays kin simpul lɛk ken, ɔ i kin bi dijital divays we gɛt di bɛst tin dɛn fɔ du. Ilɛk aw i bi, i go tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek yu yus to am. Bi gud to yusɛf, peshɛnt. Nɔ shek fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ gayd ɔ advays ɛnitɛm.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Assistive Technology na ɛni divays, softwe, ɔ savis we de mek i izi fɔ du ɛvride wok bikɔs ɔf disabiliti ɔ mɛdikal kɔndishɔn.
- Pan ɔl we dɛn mek dɛn tin ya fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt disabiliti, dɛn kin rili bɛnifit ɔlman na di sosayti.
- Dɛn tin ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm sɔntin we simpul lɛk stik ɔ miro to sɔntin we kɔmpleks lɛk kɔmpyuta softwe we dɛn kin yuz vɔys.
- If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk nid dis kayn ɛp, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ, pɔsin we de mɛn yu bɔdi, ɔ pɔsin we de mɛn yu wok.
- Di men rizin fɔ dɛn teknɔlɔji ya na fɔ mek yu gɛt mɔ indipɛndɛns, sef, ɛn kwaliti layf.











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