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Other available devices include assistive listening devices and hearing loops, which are available in the IMAX and Universe Theater, as well as at some ticket windows.
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Mariette Williams, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Deafblind youths need specific skills early in life — learning how to use American Sign Language and assistive technology, for example — to prevent language deprivation.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The big knock on performance-assistive tech like electric bikes is the idea that users are taking the easy, lazy way out, a shortcut to avoid the unforgiving gauntlet of hard physical work.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Physical assistive devices, on the other hand, are harder to detect.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
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Mariette Williams, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Deafblind youths need specific skills early in life — learning how to use American Sign Language and assistive technology, for example — to prevent language deprivation.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The big knock on performance-assistive tech like electric bikes is the idea that users are taking the easy, lazy way out, a shortcut to avoid the unforgiving gauntlet of hard physical work.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Physical assistive devices, on the other hand, are harder to detect.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Assistive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assistive. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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assistive
adjective
as·sist·ive
ə-ˈsis-tiv 
: providing aid or assistance
specifically
: designed or intended to assist a disabled person in performing an activity, task, or function especially in an independent manner
assistive technology
Assistive devices help with the performance of daily activities. Most familiar are canes, crutches, and walkers. Other examples of simple assistive devices are raised toilet seats and firm pillows placed under the seats of chairs to help people with hip or knee arthritis to rise from a sitting position. —Simeon Margolis, The Johns Hopkins White Pages
Simeon Margolis, The Johns Hopkins White Pages With some assistive devices, the visually impaired can do a variety of office jobs, using computers and telephones. —Eric Aasen, The Dallas Morning News
Eric Aasen, The Dallas Morning News Assistive technology (AT) by its very nature consists of a variety of personal and customized tools for multiple learning styles and physical challenges. —Kelly Ahrens, Learning & Leading with Technology
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