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Assistive Technologies
Principles and Practice
- 5th Edition - November 8, 2019
- Authors: Albert M. Cook, Janice Miller Polgar, Pedro Encarnação
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 2 3 3 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 2 3 3 7 - 0
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Request a sales quoteMaster the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Al Cook, Sue Hussey and Jan Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles & Practice, 5th Edition, provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology. This new text offers a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies — and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. It features over 30 new photos and illustrations, as well as, updated chapters and case studies that reflect current technology.
- Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) framework locates assistive technology within common, everyday contexts for more relevant application.
- Focus on clinical application guides application of concepts to real-world situations.
- Study questions and chapter summaries in each chapter help assessment of understanding and identification of areas where more study is needed.
- Coverage of changing AT needs throughout the lifespan emphasizes how AT fits into people’s lives and contributes to their full participation in society.
- Principles and practice of assistive technology provide the foundation for effective reasoning.
- Ethical issues content provides vital information to guide AT service delivery.
- Explicit applications of the HAAT model in each of the chapters on specific technologies and more emphasis on the interactions among the elements make content even easier to understand.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- 2. Technologies That Assist People Who Have Disabilities
- The Changing World of Assistive Technologies and Its Impact on Persons with Disabilities
- Technology Options for Meeting the Needs of Individuals Who Have Disabilities
- A Functional Framework for Assistive Technologies
- Summary
- 3. Activity, Human, and Context
- Introduction
- Activity
- The Human User
- Context
- Reassembling the HAAT Model
- Summary
- 4. Global Perspective on Assistive Technology
- Context: The worldwide political framework
- Human: Prevalence of disability
- Activity: Early childhood, education, employment, and retirement
- Assistive Technology: Access to Assistive Technology
- Summary
- 5. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology
- Introduction
- The Ethical Context
- Autonomy
- Fidelity
- Beneficence
- Nonmaleficence
- Justice
- Application of Ethical Concepts in Assistive Technology
- Stigma
- Informed Consent
- Self-Determination
- Privacy
- Equitable Assistive Technology Distribution of Assistive Technology: Who Gets What?
- Summary
- 6. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Client
- Introduction
- Principles of Assistive Technology Delivery
- Overview of Service Delivery in Assistive Technology
- A Final Word About Funding
- Summary
- 7. User Input
- Activity: Enabling Participation
- Assistive Technology: Connecting the User to the Technology
- Direct Selection
- Selection Formats for Scanning
- Selection Techniques for Scanning
- Rate Enhancement
- Digital Recording
- Speech Synthesis
- Text-to-Speech Programs
- Audio Considerations
- Context
- Assessment
- Functional Movement Evaluation
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 8. 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
- Control Interfaces for Indirect Selection
- Context
- Assessment
- Outcomes: Is It Working? Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Control Interface
- Summary
- 9. Input Accessibility for Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies
- Activity: Accessing the Information Highway
- Human: Challenges in Using Mainstream ICTs for Persons With Disabilities
- Assistive Technology: Input Accessibility for Mainstream ICTs
- Cross-Platform Accessibility
- Computer Access
- Access to Phones and Tablets
- Mounting
- Context
- Assessment
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 10. Enabling Function and Participation With Seating Technologies
- Introduction
- Activity
- Human
- Context
- Assistive Technologies for Seating and Positioning
- Seating Technologies
- Seating Assessment
- Intervention
- Outcome Evaluation
- Summary
- 11. Technologies That Enable Mobility
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Context Components
- Assistive Technology
- Smart Wheelchairs
- Wheelchair Standards
- Assessment for Wheeled Mobility
- Implementation and Training for Manual and Powered Mobility
- Outcome Evaluation
- Summary
- 12. Technologies That Aid Transportation
- Activity
- Human
- Context
- Assistive Technology
- Safe Transportation of Individuals in Wheelchairs
- Technologies for Transportation and Driving
- Assessment
- Outcome Evaluation
- Summary
- 13. Enabling Manipulation With Low-Technology Assistive Devices
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Context Component
- Low-Technology Aids for Manipulation
- Summary
- 14. Electronic Aids to Daily Living
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Context Component
- Assistive Technology Component
- Assessment for Use of EADLs
- Outcomes of EADL Use
- Summary
- 15. Robotic Assistive Technologies That Aid Manipulation
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Context Component
- Robotic Aids to Manipulation
- Assessment for Robotic Augmentative Manipulation
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 16. Sensory Aids for Persons With Visual Impairments
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Assistive Technologies for Vision
- Auditory Substitution
- Optical Aids
- Nonoptical Aids
- Electronic Aids
- Limitations of Printed Braille
- Refreshable Braille Displays
- Recorded Audio Material
- Canes
- Alternative Mobility Devices
- Context Component
- Assessment
- Orientation and Mobility Assessment
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 17. Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Disorders that may Benefit from Cognitive Assistive Technologies
- Cognitive Skills Related to Specific Disorders
- Assistive Technologies that Address Cognitive Needs
- Cognitive Assistive Technologies
- Disadvantages of Multi-Purpose Devices
- Mainstream Technology Use by Persons with TBI and Stroke
- Context Component
- Assessment
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 18. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems
- Activity Component
- Human Component
- Context Component
- Assistive Technologies for Alternative and Augmentative Communication
- AAC System Outputs
- Access to Mainstream Technologies
- Internet Access
- Mobile Phones
- Special considerations of AAC systems for specific disabilities
- Mobile Technologies as Speech-Generating Devices
- Physical Skill Development
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation and Assessment
- Outcomes
- Summary
- Glossary
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 5
- Published: November 8, 2019
- Imprint: Mosby
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323523387
- eBook ISBN: 9780323523370
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Albert M. Cook
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaJP
Janice Miller Polgar
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaPE
Pedro Encarnação
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor (Affiliate), Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, PortugalRead Assistive Technologies on ScienceDirect