{"id":8184,"date":"2026-05-06T08:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=8184"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:40:18","slug":"assistive-technologies-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2026\/05\/06\/assistive-technologies-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistive Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-1024x274.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-1024x274.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-768x205.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-1536x411.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-25-at-9.40.25-AM-2048x548.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>AI<\/strong>) in\u00a0<strong>Assistive Technology<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>AT<\/strong>) is accelerating the development of equipment, products, and services that can make society more inclusive. AI advancements improve the use of AT and has significant potential for enhancing inclusion, independence, and participation for people with disadvantages and disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization estimates that one billion people currently need AT, with this number increasing to two billion by 2050. Yet, only one in ten have access to AT, creating a significant market gap and need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Essential Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/ai-in-at\/home\" target=\"_blank\">AI in AT OER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2021SDPR0033-000771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legislation will build a more accessible, inclusive B.C.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1229078\/ai-gave-stephen-hawking-the-ability-to-communicate-despite-his-fears-of-the-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI gave Stephen Hawking the ability to communicate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/connsensereport.com\/2018\/05\/02\/how-artificial-intelligence-is-improving-assistive-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How AI is Improving AT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/towardsdatascience.com\/how-a-i-can-empower-assistive-technology-and-raise-inclusiveness-abf616e78377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How A.I. can Empower Assistive Technology and Reduce Inequality<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial Intelligence\u00a0(AI) in\u00a0Assistive Technology\u00a0(AT) is accelerating the development of equipment, products, and services that can make society more inclusive. AI advancements improve the use of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2026\/05\/06\/assistive-technologies-6\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Assistive Technologies<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emerging-markets","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8212,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8184\/revisions\/8212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}