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Main Themes
- New Technologies
- The latest developments in technology provide new opportunities and new challenges to disabled collectives. Against the technology barrier, technicians must use technology for bridging the gap. Not just mechanics and electronics, but also Ambient Intelligence, smart and advance materials, nanoelectronics, biomechatronics and even bionics can offer important options for suitable solutions for people with disabilities and elderly people.
- Socio-Economic Issues
- In this age of globalization, technology based markets are being affected by low cost production countries and powerful countries suffer economical problems. The Assistive Technology market, far from benefiting from this revolution is still suffering problems to develop affordable technically high quality products for end users. The market is still un-structured and the delivery system poor. Making Assistive technology products affordable to end users is definitely one of the big challenges for the incoming years.
- Universal design and its engagement with Assistive Technology
- Universal design and Assistive Technology are considered two parallel, independent strategies for bridging the gap. Since the exact line between “for all” and “assistive” is not always clear, it is needed to go deeper in the definition and discussion of the interface between the two of them.
- Evidence based Practice
- A lot of current initiatives in Assistive Technology are at a research level, and it is time to takes some steps towards a real practice level, and to establish all those suitable products, methods, procedures and systems in market. Assistive Technology will only be successful if it benefits real people with disabilities in their daily lives. This means that there are many important business opportunities for Assistive technology in the near and mid term future that will only be realized with a sound knowledge and understanding of the use of Assistive Technology solutions in real practice.
- Ageing and disability
- Europe, as all other developed regions in the World, is facing a new social challenge; population ageing. Since ageing is associated to a higher degree of disability and dependence, Assistive Technology must play a role in sustaining and maintaining the independence and quality of life of people as they become older.
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