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matching device and consumer for successful rehabilition
xiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
I. The context of assistive technology service delivery -- Evolving legislation and public policy related to disability and assistive technology -- II. The use of assistive technology devices and services -- Understanding the person behind the technology -- Personality assessment in medical rehabilitation -- Pain and its influence on assistive technolgy use -- Satisfaction and comfort -- Gender and ethnoracial differences in the ownership and use of assistive technology -- Assistive technology in the home and community for older people : psychological and social considerations -- Coping and adjustment -- Educating the consumer and caretaker on assistive technology -- Enhancing the appropriate use of assistive technology among consumers and caretakers -- III. The provider of assistive technology devices and services -- Assistive technology and retraining under the Rehabilitation Act -- Telehealth : the new frontier in rehabilitation and health care -- Assistive technology on-line instruction : expanding the dimensions of learning communities -- The counseling process in assistive technology evaluation and selection -- Partnership and assistive technology in Ireland -- IV. A look ahead -- Future directions in assistive technology
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.