Visual Disability

Assistive Technology

What is Assistive Technology?

Examples of Assistive Technology for persons with Visual Disability

Places to purchase or enquire about Assistive Technology for persons with Visual Disability

What is Assistive Technology?

Assistive Technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customised, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. This definition is broad and includes a range of devices from low technology to high technology items as well as software.

AT offers three major areas of assistance to persons with disability:

• Independent living: AT in this group assists users to lead independent lives, without assistance from other individuals, such as wheelchair, commode, hoist, ramp etc, ambulatory aids etc.

• Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC): AT in AAC helps a person with difficulty communicating in getting his message or idea across to others, as well as for others to relate a message or idea to him.

• IT: AT in computer and computer-related accessories help an individual with disability to make use of IT for study, work or leisurely purposes. This area includes both hardware and software.

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Examples of Assistive Technology for persons with Visual Disability

• Canes and accessories

• Crutches and accessories

• Frame

• Quadstick

• Speech recognition software

• Screen Magnifier software

• Content reading software, for word processing, web-surfing etc

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Places to purchase or enquire about Assistive Technology for persons with a Visual Disability

1. Singapore General Hospital
   Care Link
   Block 3 Level 1
   Outram Road
   Tel : 6321 4355 or 6326 5980
   Fax : 6326 5982
   

2. mypharmacy.com.sg
   Changi General Hospital
   2 Simei Street 3
   Level 1
   Singapore 529889
   Toll-fee no: 1800 7878 787
   Fax: 6786 2485

3. Singapore Association of Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
   Assistive Devices Centre
   47 Toa Payoh Rise
   Singapore 298104
   Tel: 6251 4331
   Fax: 6253 7191

4. Disabled People's Association (DPA)
   Independent Living Centre
   150A Pandan Gardens
   #02-00 Ayer Rajah Day Care Centre
   Singapore 609342
   Tel: 6899 1220
   Fax: 6899 1232
   

5. DNR Wheels Pte Ltd
   Seating Project for persons with Cerebral Palsy
   21 Kim Keat Road #01-03
   Colourscan Building
   Singapore 328805
   Tel: 6254 4070/9730 2362 (hp)
   Fax: 6250 6394
   

6. Lifeline Corporation Pte Ltd
   5 Pereira Road #04-02
   Asiawide Industrial Building
   Singapore 368025
   Tel: 6289 2062
   Fax: 6289 6096
   
   Showrooms:

   • Tan Tock Seng Hospital
     11, Jalan Tan Tock Seng,
     #01-08
     Singapore 308433
     Tel: 6352 0548
     Fax: 6352 0578
     
   • 17 Ang Mo Kio Ave 9
     #01-07/08 Ang Mo Kio Hospital
     Singapore 569766
     Tel: 6455 0431
     Fax: 6455 9760
     

7. Rehabasia
   Rehab Centre
   Westpoint Family Hospital
   No.235 Corporation Drive
   Singapore 619771
   Tel: 6262 5798 / 6265 3009
   Fax: 6262 5859
   Pager: 9521 2921
   

8. Singapore Therapeutic, Assistive & Rehabilitative Technologies (START) Centre
   49 Kaki Bukit View
   Kaki Bukit TechPark II
   Singapore 415973
   Tel: 6743 0262
   Fax: 6743 0263
   

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