Infinitec is a joint effort of United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago and United Cerebral Palsy Associations Inc. , Washington, D.C., and builds on technology-access programs offered by UCP affiliates around the nation, including a UCPA Chicago program, also called Infinitec, which aims to bring assistive technology to people with disabilities of all types in the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake and Kane. The mission of Infinitec Inc. is to help people with disabilities, their families and their communities gain access to the full range of technology options at affordable cost. By enabling people with disabilities to enjoy significantly enhanced, lifelong access to technology, Infinitec Inc. aims to promote a profound shift in the ways that people with disabilities along with their families and neighbors live and interact.
Technology extends the capabilities of human beings.
For example, the computer extends our ability to remember, calculate, categorize and so on. The bicycle, automobile, airplane and space shuttle extend our ability to move through space. Assistive technology is a collective term for devices which, in the case of people with disabilities, restore a lost or missing capability or supplement a partial capability. Assistive technology can be as simple as a modified fork or as complex as a power wheelchair with an on-board speech synthesizer and adapted computer. Visit Ameritech on the World Wide Web to investigate telecommunication products and services for people with disabilities.