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Technological evolution moves towards making life easier, for this reason, we canobserve constantly the development of devices and tools to favour and simplify the dailyactivities. Those technologies can also receive an inclusive aspect and allow a majorindependence of elderly people and/or with disabilities to develop the activities of dailyliving. In this context, it is essential to apply assistive technologies (ATs) to improve adeficient functional ability or to help in the execution of the desired function that arecurrently blocked in consequence of the disability or the aging process. We invite you toexplore this educational resource aiming to approach the concept and the main types ofATs, regarding elderly with disability. By the end of this reading, you will be able torecognize the role that the assistive technologies play in the functional rehabilitation ofthe elderly with disability. Good Studies!

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