Dr. Meredith Raley:

On assisted communication devices in particular, as my colleague has said, there are funds to provide devices in education or in work but those devices might stay in the school or workplace so, if you are going out to vote, you cannot take your assisted communication device with you because it is a workplace accommodation. There are other funds to access such devices in your personal life but you have to know those funds exist and apply for them. Even if you draw down all the funds, you might end up with a whole hodgepodge of devices all around you. Combining these funds and allowing people to have one device they can take with them everywhere would obviously make things a lot easier. Poll workers should also be properly trained to know what a device is, how a person might use it to communicate and how long it is likely to take. That would also be really useful in those cases.