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Assistive Technology: Does it Really Help Blind People?

Tianyu Chen

Abstract


This report discusses how assistive technology affect the blind people’s life. Bind assistive technology would enhance blind people’s independent living ability and give blind people multiply ways to play and identify products. Besides, this report also examines the negative aspect that assistive technology would bring to the blind people

Keywords


Assistive Technology; Bind People; Living Ability; Safety Issues

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/le.v9i7.1508

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