| Have you ever thought about how technology | | | | about hiring people with disabilities, because they |
| influences your everyday life today, both at work | | | | think it is expensive to adapt to the needs of |
| and at home. Many products and services | | | | someone with a disability. This is not true, it may |
| developed to meet the needs of people with | | | | be just raising or lowering the table, two with just |
| disabilities is a commonly used by everyone today. | | | | to someone who is in a wheelchair. It may be just |
| For instance the Internet, for someone who is | | | | buying software for the computer, to adapt to |
| homebound this allows them to have connections | | | | the needs of the individual who is using it. Such as, |
| to the outside world, especially if they have a | | | | Nuance, offers Dragon NaturallySpeaking to assist |
| lifetime getting around without proper | | | | people who have difficulties using their hands, a |
| transportation. Even the government is interested | | | | speech to text program, that does the typing for |
| in making the Internet available to everyone, | | | | them. During the holiday season, they lowered the |
| especially those who have little funds and cannot | | | | price on this product to encourage the general |
| afford to pay to access the Internet. | | | | public to buy and use this product. |
| In the home you have a lot of appliances such as | | | | Also there is software available that you can |
| a microwave, so you can cook meals quickly | | | | install on your computer to keep records of your |
| instead of starting from scratch. You can go to | | | | finances on a daily basis. This was originally |
| the frozen section of the food market and by | | | | developed for tax season, but companies have |
| the meals that can be made with the microwave. | | | | learned to use this software to keep their |
| They are also consciously and making nutritional | | | | records on a yearly basis, to eliminate all the |
| frozen meals that can be made in the microwave. | | | | paperwork, when it comes time to make out |
| This is great for teenagers fall when they come | | | | your taxes for the IRS at the end of the year. |
| home from school, and for people who have | | | | When you think over the last 40 years, when |
| never learned how to cook from scratch. | | | | typewriters were commonly used in business, you |
| You even buy prepackaged ground coffee to put | | | | had to use carbon paper for copies, and whiteout |
| in coffee makers that you can use to make fresh | | | | for corrections. Today with the use of a |
| coffee, especially if you don't know how to | | | | computer, you can automatically go back and |
| measure it out your self. This is really great for | | | | make the corrections immediately. One you used |
| people who have a hard time seeing and know | | | | whiteout and carbon paper if you made a mistake |
| whether they are measuring out the right amount | | | | you have to start over from the beginning, |
| for the number of people they want to make | | | | because these were messy, especially if they |
| coffee for. These are just two ways technology | | | | would document that had to be submitted. Once |
| helps us in our everyday lives to manage activities | | | | you havel a document using a computer, then |
| of daily living. Since how many times, when a | | | | you can automatically have it printed out with a |
| spouse has died, and the spouse left behind has | | | | printer and ready to go in less time than it took |
| never cooked or learn to cook. | | | | with typewriter. |
| In the business world, many companies don't need | | | | |