I CAN Centre for Assistive Technology Service, Adults

Helps people with special needs, their families, caregivers, community teams and others find and learn how to use technology for everyday tasks.

Technology might include:

• specialized equipment
• computer software and applications
• other tools, such as word / picture boards
• strategies that are used by both clients and the people around them

Services include assessment, consultation, training, and follow-up relating to:

• communication technology to help people interact with others, if they have problems with face-to-face communication
• technology and software to help people use computers , when they can't use a standard mouse and keyboard
• equipment and software to help people read, if they have problems reading text on their own
• software and devices that help people write, when they have trouble with printing / handwriting Equipment to help people control their environment, like phones or lights
• special power mobility equipment so that people can control their wheelchairs on their own, when they can’t use a standard joystick