Shared Resource Assistive Systems

Issue title: Telecommunications

Guest editors: Jim TobiasIssue editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tobias, Jim

Abstract: Conventional assistive technology uses a dedicated device for each consumer, with specialized input, processing, and output components built into a single unit. This article describes a new way of providing assistive technology to people with disabilities, built on shared use of remote technical resources, based on the rapid evolution of telecommunications networks. The approach may have functional, clinical, and economic advantages in some situations.

Keywords: Disability, telecommunications, network, shared, assistive

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-1994-3308

Journal: Technology and Disability, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 213-217, 1994