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Photo: a black and red robot arm pours a drink into a paper cup; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf, Constanze Tillmann

Topic of the Month June 2022

Daily living aids for people with disabilities

Reaching for a bottle and opening it when you're thirsty or quickly making a sandwich when you're hungry. What many people take for granted can be a problem for people with disabilities. In these situations, analog or digital daily living aids can be used to maintain independence. Read more about this in the Topic of the Month!

Small things that have big benefits: daily living aids help make everyday life easier
Photo: a person with the right hand in a plaster cast smears himself a roll with the help of his left hand and a special eating board; Copyright: Ornamin
Opening a jar or getting on a bike to ride to the store: small things that many of us around the world do every day and tend to take for granted. But these activities are not a matter of course for everyone. Daily living aids can make a big difference to people with disabilities in making their lives easier.
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Digital assistive technologies: Modern tools to make life more accessible
Photo: A speech computer is on display at REHACARE; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf / ctillmann
People with disabilities often need different supports: For example, people with aphasia, mutism or ALS can turn to a speech-generating device. People with visual impairments benefit from screen readers. And some disabilities require the use of an electric wheelchair. All these supports have one thing in common – they work thanks to digital components.
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Gif animation: REHACARE 2023 from 13th to 16th September 2023 in Düsseldorf/Germany, linked to "More information about the Trade Fair"

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