Assistive Device

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Assistive Device
is an aid, tool or instrument used by persons
with disabilities to assist in activities of
daily living.
Tameka Bennett Professor Klein EDUC 674
Assistive Learning Technology For Students with
Disabilities Special Needs Fall 09
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Flip Automatic Page Turner

• The device automatically turns the pages of books
  or magazines forward or backwards. The flip is
  switch activated. Press the switch once to turn
  one page, or hold it down to turn a continuous
  string of five pages in a row.
• Consist of a piece of plastic that fits around
  the hand and attached rod with a rubber tip or a
  suction cup on the end.
• A variety of switches can be used with the
  device.
• The different types of buttons consist of a
  button , lever switch, foot pedal switch,
  sip-and-puff or chin switch

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Its Purpose

• Very helpful for persons with upper mobility
  impairments.
• Useful for people who have poor hand strengths
• Supportive for persons with limited dexterity
• Accommodating to persons with limited sensation
  in their fingers

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Cost

• The Flip Automatic Page Turner range in prices
  from
• 3,900.00 to 7,000

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Manufacturers

• Touch Turner Sammons Preston
• 443 View Ridge Drive PO Box 5071
• Everett, Washington 98203 Bolingbrook, Illinois
  60440-5071
• [phone] [phone]
• Maxi-Aids Smith Nephew, Inc.
• PO BOX 3209 One Quality Drive PO BOX 1005
• Farmingdale, New York 11735 Germantown, WI
  53022-8205
• [phone] [phone]

The Flip Automatic Page Turner can only be
ordered on-line through the above companies. No
telephone orders accepted.
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Recommendation

• I highly recommend the Flip Automatic Page
  Turner. This assistive technology has the
  potential to enhance abilities and, bypass or
  compensate for barriers that disabilities create.
  For children with disabilities in public schools
  classrooms, assistive technologies are their
  tools to extend their physical and social
  abilities. They also present the means for
  academic and cooperative inclusion.