Assistive technology : matching device and consumer for successful rehabilition /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[2002]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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