{"title":"Assistive technology: opportunities for societal inclusion of persons with disabilities and independence of the elderly.","authors":"Aliaa Rehan Youssef, Ahmed Morsy","doi":"10.1186/s42490-023-00072-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Assistive technology (AT) development worldwide aims to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and elderly, yet its development and commercialization may face challenges. This collection aims at obtaining a better understanding of the hurdles that various stakeholders may face in the successful development and commercialization of AT.</p>","PeriodicalId":72425,"journal":{"name":"BMC biomedical engineering","volume":"5 1","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10316604/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BMC biomedical engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42490-023-00072-8","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assistive technology (AT) development worldwide aims to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and elderly, yet its development and commercialization may face challenges. This collection aims at obtaining a better understanding of the hurdles that various stakeholders may face in the successful development and commercialization of AT.