Abstract
For many years in the modern era, care for persons with severe functional impairment or disability also implied respecting their person, their rights for self-determination and autonomy. To support autonomy many types of assistive equipment have been developed. They are often very specialized, technology-intensive devices for which the market is relatively small.
Increasing this market through internationalization brings up immediately the question of standardisation of the technical aids and services.
In this contribution we will present an overview of the standardization activities over the last twenty years in the domain of assistive technology and design-for-all (DfA) solutions.