Assistive Technology
Making the latest technology work for you
Assistive technology can improve the quality of your life considerably. It works by applying technology to a challenge you may face, whether that’s related to computing, communications, wheelchair mobility and seating, or sport and leisure. Solutions can be high or low-tech, and can include, for example:
- Providing a bespoke head rest for a wheelchair seat
- Adapting a keyboard and joystick for a computer
- Finding specialist software
- Adapting a spoon so a student can eat independently
- Modifying a shower chair for personal care
- Mounting a student's communication aid onto their wheelchair
With a team of eight staff working in both Treloar School and College, we’re fortunate to have the facilities and skills only usually found in large specialist hospitals.
Our team devises, sources, adapts or manufactures solutions to improve students’ mobility, help them take part in daily activities and make sure they have full access to everything Treloar’s has to offer.
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