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Assistive Technology at Treloar School

Using the latest technology to improve our students' quality of life

Assistive Technology can improve the quality of a student's life considerably. It works by applying technology to a challenge a student may face, whether that's related to computing, communications, wheelchair mobility, seating, or sport and leisure.

Assistive Technology Solutions

Solutions can be high or low-tech, and can include:

• Providing a bespoke head rest for a wheelchair seat
• Adapting a keyboard and joystick for a computer
• Sourcing 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
• Adding special switches to control a wheelchair

With a team of eight staff, working both in the School and College, we're fortunate to have access to the kind of facilities and skills usually only found in large specialist hospitals.

Our team devises, sources, adapts or manufactures solutions to improve students' mobility, and help them take part in daily activities.

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"I have tried two classroom chairs and am waiting for my chosen one to be delivered."
Shane, a Treloar's student