For years now I have entered into an annual conversation about the benefits and pitfalls of assistive technology and how it helps me overcome my disability. I have used many different types of accessible assistive technology over the years but when the first Iron Man movie came out, I saw my assistive technology dream and not just because I wanted to be a "genius billionaire, play boy, philanthropist" like Tony Stark. When I looked at Tony Stark's fictional system JARVIS I saw a path to independence. My cerebral palsy means I am very physically limited as to what I can and can't do. So when I saw Tony Stark's house being operated with voice commands I got very excited. This level of environmental control is still sadly out of reach for me mostly because of funding barriers and sometimes because the technology does not yet exist. To me the best approach towards assistive technology is is a combination of low tech and high tech equipment. For example, I litera
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