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OUTREACH1 Assistive technology Assistive technology AT is an umbrella term for various devices that can help individuals with disabilities perform activities in their daily life independently or with assistance such as moving around cooking and eating bathing and grooming toileting dressing and engaging in social educational and civic activities. Assistive technology can promote greater independence by ameliorating the impact of disabilities and thereby enable the user to carry out more activities with less or no assistance from others. This is not only beneficial for the individual but can also lighten caregiver load for family and professional caregivers. Certain types of assistive technology can be an important part of rehabilitation work in both adults and children and may over time facilitate improvements that are noticeable even when the assistive technology is not being used.