| Description |
xxxiii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Albert M. Cook -- Sect. I. Concepts, Classifications, and Categories of Disabling Conditions and Assistive Technologies. Ch. 1. Models for Understanding Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology / Nancy A. Brooks. Ch. 2. Classification Systems, Environmental Factors, and Social Change: The Importance of Technology / Patrick Fougeyrollas and David B. Gray. Ch. 3. Personhood, Disablement, and Mobility Technology: Personal Control of Development / Steven A. Stiens. Ch. 4. The Spheres of Self-Fulfillment: A Multidimensional Approach to the Assessment of Assistive Technology Outcomes / Margaret G. Stineman -- Sect. II. When Assistive Technology Is Used and When it Is Not. Ch. 5. Cultural and Environmental Barriers to Assistive Technology: Why Assistive Devices Don't Always Assist / George A. Covington. Ch. 6. Tools or Baggage? Alternative Meanings of Assistive Technology / Jean Cole Spencer. Ch. 7. The Impact of Assistive Technology on the Lives of People with Disabilities / Marcia J. Scherer. Ch. 8. From Hospital to Home: Individual Variations in Experience with Assistive Devices Among Older Adults / Laura N. Gitlin. Ch. 9. Achieving Effectiveness with a Client-Centered Approach: A Person-Environment Interaction / Carolyn M. Baum -- Sect. III. Selecting, Designing, and Developing Assistive Technology for Use by People with Disabilities. Ch. 10. Incorporating Human Needs into Assistive Technology Design / Rory A. Cooper. Ch. 11. Engineering for People with Disabilities / Kenton R. Kaufman. Ch. 12. Enhancing Human Movement in the 21st Century: Internal to External Dimension / P. Hunter Peckham. Ch. 13. Problem Solving Through Rehabilitation Engineering / Peter W. Axelson. Ch. 14. The Relationship Between Ability Measures and Assistive Technology Selection, Design, and Use / Stephen Sprigle and Adam Abdelhamied -- Sect. IV. Incorporating Assistive Technology into Child Development. Ch. 15. Locomotor Experience Facilitates Psychological Functioning: Implications for Assistive Mobility for Young Children / Rosanne Kermoian. Ch. 16. Pediatric Augmented Mobility / Jean Crosetto Deitz. Ch. 17. Designing a Transitional Powered Mobility Aid for Young Children with Physical Disabilities / Christine Wright-Ott -- Sect. V. Summary. Ch. 18. Conclusions: Moving to the Next Stage of Assistive Technology Development / David B. Gray, Louis A. Quatrano and Morton L. Lieberman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
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Self-Help Devices.
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| Author |
Gray, David B.
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Lieberman, M. L. (Morton L.)
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Quatrano, Louis A.
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| LC no. |
97017087 |
| ISBN |
1557663149 |
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