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== Cost Barriers ==
Access to assistive technologies have lots of challenges and barriers. Among them the expenses considered as one of the primary barrier. Although the need is growing day by day for self-care and environmental products the cost affordability is not available for every places equally. Still a large number of people with disabilities unable to have them. No social financing system in place for the purchasing self care related assistive technologies. Few developed countries started to implementing some initiatives. For example, the United States, a national network of alternative financing programs offers a consumer-directed program and a range of alternative financing strategies to increase access to funding for these products and other technologies; Canada and Sweden have implemented delivery systems that offer more extensive access to these products as part of integrated community living plans.<ref name=":0" />

It may also possible to reduce the cost barriers by [[Resource Mobilisation for Assistive Technology in Community Based Rehabilitation|resource mobilisation for assistive technologies]] for self-care.