[The personal computer as an aid for the handicapped and as a support measure in the rehabilitation of handicapped patients].

Our working world cannot be pictured anymore without computers of all kinds and sizes - which renders them equally relevant to the field of rehabilitation to disabled people. What is less known and accepted is the fact that the computer constitutes a technical device excellently suited for a multitude of purposes in the day-to-day life of disabled persons. Commercially available devices and programmes frequently can be used directly, and adaptations of earlier developments can be transferred with only minor modification. The present contribution is intended to give an idea of currently available, practical experience-based possibilities for highly efficient, and at the same time economical, provision of technical aids making use of personal computers.