What Is Enabling Technology and Why Does It Matter for IDD Services?

A warm sunlit kitchen at golden hour, with a wall-mounted smart sensor on the left, a tablet on the right displaying a Remote Check-In Alert for 3:15 PM, and a handwritten staffing schedule for the week of November 18, 2024 resting on a wooden table. The composition shows three different supports working together as a connected system.

Enabling technology is not assistive technology. Understanding the difference changes how we deliver care, fund innovation, and measure what good looks like. By Precious “Preciosa” Myers-Brown, the Voice of Enabling Technology™ Most of the industry treats technology like a solution in itself, as if buying a device could solve loneliness, as if installing a sensor […]