An Assistive Touch Blossoming the Globe!
Carefully examine your hand, the four fingers, and one thumb. Have you ever given a thought as to how much you use your thumb on a regular basis? Well, you just used it to hold this magazine or scroll through one if you’re on the digital version.
So, from grasping, scrolling, flipping, climbing, eating, and even creating new tools, thumbs have helped humans open a new world of adeptness.
It is interesting to me that the most advanced technology that has ever existed on this planet is that of the neuro-muscular anatomy—human hand, which in itself is a ‘technology by design’.
Bringing to the spotlight, the people with disabilities and mental health conditions, as well as older people or even normal humans with partial impairment, need such technical assistance to participate in education, the labor market, and live a civic life.
Like the thumb, these assistive technologies have played a crucial role in specially-abled people’s lives for performing tasks that would have otherwise been impossible or difficult to perform. They are not only in the form of equipment, but the recent development in digitalization has made it common for mainstream software and hardware to include designs and features that will help assist them in every aspect of life.
In order to highlight organizations that are making technology not only accessible but assistive to the larger section of society, we at Insights Care launched our latest edition, 10 Most Innovative Assistive Technology Companies in 2022.
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