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environmental control  

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  • Environmental control is a branch of assistive technology that includes the use of adaptive devices to manipulate objects and of electronic devices that enable an individual with a disability to control other electronic devices in a home, school, or work setting. Devices that may be used to manipulate objects can range from low-tech reachers to high-tech robots. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disability; Environmental Control]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_control

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