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Everyday tools for ranchers and farmers
 
Cooperative Extension Service
B-1228
 
August 2011
Randolph Weigel
Project Director – Wyoming AgrAbilityUniversity of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service
Mary Fick Monteith
Assistive Technology SpecialistWATR (WIND Assistive Technology Resources)
SOLUTIONS
FOR
LIVING
Innovative Devices for Continued Independence
 
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An estimated 54 million Americans have somelevel of disability–about 21 percent of the totalpopulation. More than 50 percent of those dis-abled Americans are in their working years, from18-64. In the last U.S. Census, 77,000 Wyomingcitizens, or 17.1 percent of the state’s population,self-reported some type of disability.Today, individuals with disability can turn toassistive technology (AT) for help in continuing toperform basic tasks independently. This indepen-dence may be all it takes to help the individual
in a work and/or home setting. AT is dened as
any item, piece of equipment, or product sys-tem, whether acquired commercially off the shelf,
modied, customized, or homemade, that is used
to increase, maintain, or improve the functionalcapabilities of individuals with disabilities. AT de-
vices may be inexpensive and used for a specic
task, such as taking medication, or they may becutting-edge devices that can be used in a varietyof settings.
Purpose of this document:
To show examples of innovative devices orsolutions that can help an individual with everydaytasks reduce the likelihood of injury and maintainindependence. The document is arranged in thefollowing categories:
•Communicationsolutions•Hearingsolutions•Visionsolutions•Cognitivesolutions•Medicalsolutions
Using the document:
Items listed are only examples of the manysolutions that can be used. All products were
identied through an Internet search. Many of the
products came from these sites:
•
 AbleData
 www.abledata.com
•
 AbleLink 
Technologieswww.ablelinktech.com
•ActiveForever
 www.activeforever.com
•IndependentLivingAids
 www.independentliv-ing.com
•MaxiAids
 www.maxiaids.com
Innovative Devices for Continued Independence
Solutions for Living:
Other items came from the brand or tradename of the product. To locate these products,place the brand name, trade name, or product de-scription in an Internet search engine. Those de-
vices identied with an asterisk (*) are housed in
the WIND Assistive Technology Resources (WATR)at the University of Wyoming. For more informa-tion about a particular device or to learn about thedevice loan center, contact:
WINDAssistiveTechnologyResources(WATR)
Email:watr@uwyo.eduPhone: (307)766-6187TTY: (307) 766-2720Toll-free: 1 (888) 989-9463www.uwyo.edu/wind/watr
Limits to this document:
New AT products come out daily, and old prod-ucts are discontinued. This document is as currentas the day all images were downloaded. It is notintended to be an all-inclusive list.Due to the dynamic nature of the World Wide
Web, Internet sources may sometimes be difcultto nd. Addresses change and pages can disap
-
pear over time. If you nd problems with any of
the listed websites or products in the publication,please contact Wyoming AgrAbility. Contact infor-mation is on the back cover of this publication.
Acknowledgement:
•SolutionsforEasierLivingLocatedinYourNeighborhood 
by Therese Willkomm of theUniversity of New Hampshire Institute on Dis-ability.http://www.iodbookstore.org/products/Solu-tions-for-Easier-Living-Located-in-Your-Neigh-borhood.html
•SolutionsforLiving:EverydayToolsforRanch
-
ersandFarmers
B-1184 University of Wyo-ming Cooperative Extension Service.http://www.uwyo.edu/ces/Publications/index.htmlMany additional products and solutions arecontained in these documents, which can be or-dered online.
 
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Available from WIND Assistive Technology Resources at the University of Wyoming.
Communication solutions
improve ability to communicate
 
 
provide a means to communicate
 
 
expand communication options
TheLingraphica
 
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A sophisticated augmentative communicationdevice that provides an extensive vocabulary oficons that can be combined to create personalizedphrases and simple sentences.
VoiceActivatedPhoneSystem
Allows individu-als with limitedmobility to dialand answer thephone hands-free by usingtheir voices.
CyranoCommunicator
 
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A portable communica-tion tool allows peoplewho have lost the abilityto speak to communicatethrough simple picturesand symbols and alsothrough text and pre-stored phrases.
Say-it!SAMCommunicator
 
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An Augmenta-tive AlternativeCommunicationdevice that usesword predic-tion software tomake it easer togenerate com-munication–itremembers thewords you useoften.
CheapTalk8Advanced6-LevelCommunicator
A communicationdevice that canspeak and turnon home appli-ances.
GoTalk20+
 
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A durable picturecommunicator de-vice with a 100–message capacity.
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