Definition
Designed or intended to help, especially equipment that helps people with disabilities do things more easily.
Etymology
From 'assist' + the suffix '-ive' (having the quality of). Became a key term in accessibility and disability studies during the late 20th century.
Kelly Says
'Assistive technology' is a modern boom term that fundamentally changed how we think about disabilities—it reframes wheelchairs, hearing aids, and screen readers not as 'aids for the disabled' but as tools that extend human capability, like glasses for everyone.
Translations
CACatalà
assistent
ah-sis-tent
CSČeština
pomocný
po-moch-nee
DADansk
hjælpsom
hyæl-psom
DEDeutsch
assistierend
ah-sis-tee-er-end
ELΕλληνικά
βοηθητικό
vo-hee-thee-ko
ESEspañol
asistitivo
ah-sis-tee-vee-toh
FAفارسی
کمککننده
kam-mak-keh-ne
FISuomi
avustava
ah-voo-stah-vah
FRFrançais
assistatif
ah-sis-ta-teef
HEעברית
מע assisting
me-a-sis-ting
HUMagyar
segítő
seh-gee-too
IDBahasa Indonesia
membantu
mem-ban-too
ITItaliano
assistente
ah-sis-ten-teh
MSBahasa Melayu
membantu
mem-ban-too
NLNederlands
begeleidende
be-ge-le-i-den-de
NONorsk
hjælpsom
hjel-psom
PLPolski
pomocny
po-moch-nee
PTPortuguês
assistente
ah-sis-ten-teh
RORomână
ajutor
ah-yoo-tor
RUРусский
помогающий
pa-mo-ga-yush-chiy
SVSvenska
hjälpsam
hyäl-psam
SWKiswahili
msaidizi
m-sai-di-zi
TEతెలుగు
సహాయక
sa-ha-ya-ka
THไทย
ช่วยเหลือ
chway li-hua
TLTL
tumulong
too-moo-long
TRTürkçe
yardımcı
yar-dim-chi
UKУкраїнська
допоміжний
doh-po-mi-zhnyy
VITiếng Việt
trợ giúp
troh-chup
ZUZU
sithanda
see-than-da