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Person centred technology is also called Assistive technology.
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It is a piece of equipment or a system that helps disabled people live independently and take part in the community
For example, a hoist to lift you out of bed. Or a computer to help you speak. |
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Independent means doing things for yourself and making your own decisions.
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A community is a group of people living in the same area.
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There are no agreed standards for person centred technology.
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A standard is a level of quality that the technology should reach.
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Disabled people can be confused by all the different types of person centred technology.
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Disabled people are not involved in the planning or making of person centred technologies.
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We want this to change.
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We have set up a group called the Interest Group on Person Centred Technologies.
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The aim of the group is to collect information about person centred technology.
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The group shares information on how person centred technology can help disabled people.
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Projects help us
• find out new things
• share information
• and find new ways of working
to make things better for people with disabilities.
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We are working on a project called ENTELIS.
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This project aims to set up a network to share the best way to support disabled people to use a computer.
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We have taken part in the ImPaCT project.
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The aim of the project was to share information about person centred technology so more disabled people can use it.
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The ImPaCT project wrote reports on:
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