Author's response to reviews Title: Assistive technology use and human rights enjoyment: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh Authors:

Results “Users of wheelchairs... significantly higher... significantly lower...” Comparison groups should be clearly stated. A clarification has been made. Methods: Why was thumb printing not considered as alternative to written consent? As reported, we followed the method usually practiced in Bangladesh. Results: The abbreviations in the tables should be defined as footnotes. Footnotes have been added. All abbreviations used in the manuscript should be defined under a separate heading before references. Abbreviations have been added as suggested. Reference 14 should be revised appropriately with access date stated. Reference 14 has been revised as suggested. Also reference 20 has been revised in the same way. Are internal consistency scores available? No, these scores are not available. Was test-retest reliability examined? No. Due to time-constraints, test-retest reliability could not be examined. Provide information on sample size calculation. Information on sample size calculation has been provided. Clarify non-users of wheelchairs. A clarification has been made in the text. As indicated in table 3, the self-rated ambulatory capacity among non-users of wheelchairs is slightly higher than among wheelchair users, although the difference is not statistically significant. Among non-users of wheelchairs, none claims that they have an assistive device which they use. (Although 1 has a crutch, 2 have sticks and 3 have another type of device which they do not use.) Clarify 2 nd and 3 rd to last sentences in the background. The sentences have been extended, which is hoped to satisfy the comment. Three vs. four items to measure standard of living. Table 1 indicates that 4 items were used to measure standard of living. The text states that 3 + 1 items were used, i.e. 4 items. Thus, no revision is needed. In addition to the revisions made above, table 5 has been replaced by an updated analysis and the text has been revised correspondingly. Some editing of the language has been made, e.g., more commas have been inserted.