Assistive Technology should be an integrated service for all persons with a disability throughout their life course. All persons with disabilities should have sufficient information about assistive technology to understand how technology could assist them in gaining independence.
All agencies have the responsibility to assist the individual in coming to that understanding.
The primary purpose of assistive technology services is to provide useful tools whereby a person with a disability can gain and maximize his or her independence, competencies, productivity and ability to learn in all life settings, particularly in settings with non-disabled peers. 1.2 Assistive technology services should be individualized, comprehensive and actively involve the person and, whenever appropriate, his or her family. 1.3 Persons with disabilities and their families are primary sources of information about their own aspirations, interests, abilities and goals, as well as desire and need for services. 1.4 All persons with disabilities should be made aware of the potential and availability of assistive technology as it relates to their functional needs, place of use and intended purpose. 2.2 Assistive technology evaluations and service provision should be conducted by knowledgeable individuals and, provided in and accommodated to the individual's environments in which they will be used.