TADSA - Technology for Ageing and Disability (SA) Inc.
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Assistive Technology

For over 45 years TADSA has changed the lives of people living with disability by providing personalised assistive technology equipment and services. Assistive technology is any device, aid, system or equipment that allows you to perform a task that you would otherwise be unable to do, or increases the ease and safety with which you can perform that task. It ranges from quite simple devices or modifications to more complex adaptive technology.

Modifying wheelchairs, tables, workstations, clotheslines, walkers, cutlery, gardening tools or fishing rods – our team of skilled volunteer craftsmen and women will work closely with you to adapt your device to work for you. If there are no suitable products on the market we may be able to create a new innovative solution from scratch.  Contact us to find out if we can help you.

The areas we cover include:

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    Mobility
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    Eating and drinking
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    Seating
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    Transport
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    Recreation
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    Access and security
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    Communication
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    Electronics

Children

Giving your child the best opportunity in life can be hard if they have a disability.   Having the right device or equipment may help. TADSA specialises in modifying or making equipment that is not otherwise available. Often, we develop solutions that assist children to gain or maintain independence. We also adapt equipment to suit the child’s size.

Examples of TADSA projects include modified bikes (Freedom Wheels), sports equipment such as ball chutes, handrails for treadmills, castor carts and modified baby monitors for hearing or vision impaired parents. TADSA also builds and repairs devices for schools. Whether it’s for school, recreation, sport, exercise therapy or other daily activities, contact us to see if we can help you with the right equipment for your child.

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Adults

Having the right equipment can help you be independent, stay connected with your family, friends and the community and pursue work opportunities.

Example projects include modifications to walkers, scooters and wheelchairs, remote control systems to manage home environments, modifications to communication devices and modifications to home and work furniture.

Let us help you find the right innovation for your independence. Contact us for more information.

Ageing

As you age you might find you’re not able to do all the things you used to be able to do.

Having the right device or equipment can make all the difference. TADSA specialises in modifying or making equipment that is not commercially available.  A typical example is raising a chair to allow you to more easily sit down or stand up.  Another example is modifications to the height, brake or seat on walkers. It might be as simple as a clip to hold a walking stick.

Having the right equipment can help you remain independent, stay connected with your family, friends and the community, and even being able to continue living in your own home for longer.

Let us help you to continue enjoying your life by finding the right innovation for your independence. Contact us for more information.

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Featured Projects

Indoor recreation equipment

27/06/2019Tracey

The Recreation Coach at the Ingle Farm Recreation Centre, who works with children with disabilities, contacted TADSA to ask if we could make some equipment similar to some he had seen overseas.

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Stoney Ground for Pig Farmer

03/04/2019Tracey

A Pig farmer who relies on his 4 wheel walker was having trouble walking around his farm because the ground is quite stoney in parts & can be very muddy when it is wet. We were asked to come up…

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Aidan bike Feb 2019

A boy and his bike/s

27/02/2019Tracey

TADSA first assisted client Aidan (pictured below) when he was about five years old. Aidan was born with phocomelia major, a rare malformation of the limbs. At that time, Aidan had a bike which needed modifications to allow him to…

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Innovation for Independence

Support us in improving the quality of life for people with disabilities, and the aged, by creating, modifying or repairing devices where there is no other solution readily available.

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By appointment at other times.

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