Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities with the latest edition of this comprehensive text. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by the authors, the book provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. This new edition has been expanded and updated, and features new multimedia components that further demonstrate how to apply the concepts you've learned to real-world practice.
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Part 1: Introduction and Framework 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Framework for Assistive Technologies 3. Disabled Human User of Assistive Technologies Part 2: Service Delivery in Assistive Technologies 4. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Consumer 5. Funding Assistive Technology Services and Systems Part 3: The Activities: General Purpose Assistive Technologies 6. Seating Systems as Extrinsic Enablers for Assistive Technologies 7. Human/Assistive Technology Interface 8. Sensory Aids for Persons with Visual Impairments 9. Sensory Aids for Persons with Auditory Impairments Part 4: The Activities: Performance Areas 10. Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation 11. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems 12. Technologies That Enable Mobility 13. Technologies That Aid Transportation 14. Technologies That Aid Manipulation and Control of the Environment Part 5: Contexts for Assistive Technology Applications 15. Assistive Technologies in the Context of the Classroom 16. Assistive Technologies in the Context of Work Glossary Resources Index
