Assistive technology is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive and rehabilitative devices. It also refers to the process used in selecting, locating and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence for people with disabilities by enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish. It also includes providing enhancements to accomplish tasks they had great difficulty accomplishing.Assistive technology includes any item, piece of equipment or system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve how a person performs some task of daily living. Assistive technologies and services are generally specific accommodations for individuals who need to overcome some physical or technological barrier they encounter in the workplace.For example, a computer can be made accessible for a person who has a visual disability by having screen text converted to audio or Braille.