Assistive technologies : principles and practice /

It's here: the latest edition of the one text you need to master assistive strategies, make confident clinical decisions, and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model, Assistive Technologies: Principles and Prac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Cook, Albert M., 1943- (Author), Polgar, Jan Miller (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby, [2014]
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Subjects:	Self-help devices for people with disabilities. People with disabilities > Rehabilitation. Self-Help Devices Persons with Disabilities > rehabilitation Aides fonctionnelles (Médecine physique) Personnes handicapées > Réadaptation. MEDICAL > Surgery > General. People with disabilities > Rehabilitation Self-help devices for people with disabilities Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction and framework
Technologies that assist people who have disabilities
Activity, human, and context : the human doing an activity in context
Ethical issues in assistive technology
Delivering assistive technology services to the consumer
Making the connection : user inputs for assistive technologies
Control interfaces for assistive technologies
Accessing mainstream information and communication technologies: the technology and the web
Enabling function and participation with seating technologies
Technologies that enable mobility
Technologies that aid transportation
Technologies that aid manipulation and control of the environment
Sensory aids for persons with visual impairments
Sensory aids for persons with auditory impairment
Assistive technologies for cognitive augmentation
Augmentative and alternative communication systems.