Assistive Technology encompasses products and services that enable People with Disabilities to be equal participants in the mainstream world. Access to quality and affordable Assistive Technolgy is achievable through raising awareness, addressing financial constraints, exploring alternative delivery models, reframing policies and building an efficient workforce.

This course is designed for technical and non-technical audiences including students in engineering, arts or any other stream who is either

1. Fascinated towards designing products and technologies, and/or
2. Specifically interested in assistive devices and keen on building a knowledge base on them.

At the end of the course, you will learn:

• What is Assistive Technology and understand the relation between Assistive Technology and the community of users: People with Disabilities.
• Product development process and the underlying key components.
• A brief overview of the existing AT start-up ecosystem in India and IITMRP’s vision for the future of AT in India

• First go to the respective module course content and watch the video attached to the right.
• Enter the course and complete it.
• After completing it, come back to the course content page and read the content and watch the video. Click on View content “Go” and do the same process respectively.