Disability, society, and assistive technology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ravneberg, Bodil (Author), Söderström, Sylvia (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Interdisciplinary disability studies.
Subjects:	People with disabilities > Social conditions. Computers and people with disabilities. Self-help devices for people with disabilities. Assistive computer technology. Disabled Persons. Self-Help Devices. Biomedical Enhancement. Mainstreaming (Education) Sociological Factors. Social Perception. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Disability, society and assistive technology : a multidisciplinary field
Assistive technologies, disability, and elderly people
Disabled children's participation in sports and physical activities : experiences and perceptions of assistive activity technologies
Inclusive education and effects of assistive technologies
ICT : the social envelope of young people's everyday lives
Usability and aesthetics of assistive technologies
Integration of AT into domestic spheres and work life
Public reforms, innovation, and change of service orientations
Universal design and assistive technologies : a challenging relationship
Concluding thoughts for a multi-disciplinarian approach.