How FAST can assistive technology go?

The Foundation for Assistive Technology (FAST) informs parliament about the condition of assistive technology.

As reported in Ability Magazine, Keren Down, director of FAST, highlights that often a piece of equipment comes onto the market but practitioners such as speech therapists, occupational therapists and others do not take it up.

"We did a big survey amongst practitioners and discovered that education and training did not make them confident enough to work with assistive technology. Many said that the people they were working with do not know enough about assistive technology either."

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