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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive and rehabilitative devices for people who have disability and also use the process in selecting locating and proper use of them Assistive technology provides greater independence by enabling people to perform various task that they were formally enable to perform or accomplish or had a greater difficulty in accomplishing, by providing attachments to,or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such task. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN SPORTS :- Assistive technology in sports is an area which is growing. Assistive technology is they array of new devices created to enable sports enthusiasts who have difficulty to play. Assistve technology may be used in adaptive sports, where an existing sport is modified to enable disability people to play or participate, or assistive technology is used to invent completely new sports such as athletes with disability exclusive in mind. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION :- Assistive technology in this area is broken into low, mid, and higher level category. Low tech encompasses equipment that is often of low cost and does not need batteries or charging. Examples include adapted of paper and pencils holding grip for writing or masks and color over lay in reading. Mid technology supports in the school setting of use of handheld spelling dictionaries and portable word processors used to keyboard writing. high supports the use of tablet devices and computers with accompanying software. Software supports the use of auditory feedback while keyboarding, word prediction for spelling and speech to text.Limited support is provided for maths instruction and mostly consists of grid based software to allow younger students to keyboard equations and auditory feedback of more complex equations using mathML and daisy. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN COGNITION :- The use of technology for augment and assistive cognition processes such as attention, memory, navigation, self-regulation, emotion recognition and management, planning and sequencing activity. This assistive technology is growing faster mainly in self-regulation and planning.Reference:- http://www.nimac.us, and "assistive technology".