Can Consumers With Cognitive Disorders Use The New Technologies?

There is one predictable comment that I get when I'm discussing treatment technology with clinical teams – "Our consumers can't use that [name a technology]. They can't use computers and smartphones – and they don't have the money to access them."

What I think they are saying is that individuals with cognitive disorders can't use the new array of apps and web sites and health monitoring tools that are becoming commercially available. And, I also think this is shorthand for, we (the management team) don't need to know how to use these technologies.

But, au contraire . . .