Assistive technologies : principles and practice /: principles and practice. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Cook & Hussey's assistive technologies
• Further Information: Note: Albert M. Cook, Janice M. Polgar.
• Authors: Cook, Albert M, 1943-; Polgar, Jan Miller
• Contents: Front Cover; Assistive Technologies; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Principles of Assistive Technology: Introducing the Human Activity Assistive Technology Model; INTRODUCTION; CONSTRUCTS OF DISABILITY IN KEY DOCUMENTS; DEFINITIONS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE DELIVERY; THE HUMAN ACTIVITY ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY MODEL; APPLICATION OF THE HUMAN ACTIVITY ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY MODEL; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Technologies That Assist People Who Have Disabilities THE CHANGING WORLD OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ITS IMPACT ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESUNIVERSAL DESIGN; A FUNCTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 -- Activity, Human, and Context: The Human Doing an Activity in Context; INTRODUCTION; ACTIVITY; THE HUMAN USER; CONTEXT; INTEGRATING THE HUMAN DOING IN CONTEXT; BRINGING IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; REASSEMBLING THE HAAT MODEL; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology; INTRODUCTION; THE ETHICAL CONTEXT; APPLICATION OF ETHICAL CONCEPTS IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND ROBOTS: IMPACT ON CAREEQUITABLE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: WHO GETS WHAT?; PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 -- Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Consumer; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION; OVERVIEW OF SERVICE DELIVERY IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SYSTEMS; A FINAL WORD ABOUT FUNDING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Making the Connection: User Inputs for Assistive Technologies ACTIVITY: ENABLING PARTICIPATIONHUMAN: ANATOMIC SITES FOR CONTROL OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: CONNECTING THE USER TO THE TECHNOLOGY; SPEECH: A HUMAN/TECHNOLOGY INTERFACE OUTPUT; CONTEXT; ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 -- Control Interfaces for Assistive Technologies; ACTIVITY: ENABLING PARTICIPATION; HUMAN SKILLS FOR CONTROL: CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTROL INTERFACES; CONTROL INTERFACES FOR DIRECT SELECTION; STANDARD AND ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC POINTING INTERFACES USING POINTING INTERFACES FOR DIRECT SELECTIONCONTROL INTERFACES FOR INDIRECT SELECTION; CONTEXT; ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES: IS IT WORKING? EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CONTROL INTERFACE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 -- Accessing Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies: The Technology and the Web; ACTIVITY: ACCESSING THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: INPUT ACCESSIBILITY FOR MAINSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES; CROSS-PLATFORM ACCESSIBILITY; COMPUTER ACCESS; ACCESS TO PHONES AND TABLETS; MOUNTING; CONTEXT; ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES Chapter 9 -- Enabling Function and Participation with Seating Technologies
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Mosby
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617/.033; Self-Help Devices; Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation; Self-help devices for people with disabilities; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation; Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation; Self-Help Devices; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation; Self-help devices for people with disabilities; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323291019; 0323291015; 9780323239981; 0323239986
• Related ISBNs: 9780323096317; 032309631X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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