North 30 th Street Billings, MT 59101 Assistive technology devices enable individuals with disabilities to participate in society as contributing community members. Although technology benefits many people, there are also many people who are dissatisfied with their devices.
Dissatisfaction typically results in discontinuance of assistive technology devices.
Discontinuance of assistive technology represents a waste of time, money, freedom and functioning of individuals with disabilities. There is however, limited research documenting factors related to assistive technology discontinuance from consumers perspectives. It is important to gain an understanding of these factors to aid professionals in designing techniques of assistive technology service delivery. It is the first federal legislation that specifically addressed the expansion of the availability of assistive technology devices and services. The sample was comprised of 115 individuals with disabilities who were selected to receive funding for 136 assistive technology devices and agreed to participate.