Master 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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. vi 7. Acknowledgments - p. viii 8. 1. Principles of Assistive Technology: Introducing the Human Activity Assistive Technology Model - p. 1 9. 2. Technologies That Assist People Who Have Disabilities - p. 16 10. 3. Activity, Human, and Context - p. 31 11. 4. Global Perspective on Assistive Technology - p. 56 12. 5. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology - p. 71 13. 6. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Client - p. 87 14. 7. User Input - p. 117 15. 8. Control Interfaces for Assistive Technologies - p. 137 16. 9. Input Accessibility for Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies - p. 169 17. 10. Enabling Function and Participation With Seating Technologies - p. 192 18. 11. Technologies That Enable Mobility - p. 224 19. 12. Technologies That Aid Transportation - p. 258 20. 13. Enabling Manipulation With Low-Technology Assistive Devices - p. 280 21. 14. Electronic Aids to Daily Living - p. 289 22. 15. Robotic Assistive Technologies That Aid Manipulation - p. 305 23. 16. Sensory Aids for Persons With Visual Impairments - p. 321 24. 17. Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation - p. 356 25. 18. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems - p. 393 26. Activity Component - p. 394 27. Human Component - p. 396 28. Context Component - p. 398 29. Assistive Technologies for Alternative and Augmentative Communication - p. 401 30. AAC System Outputs - p. 409 31. Access to Mainstream Technologies - p. 410 32. Internet Access - p. 411 33. Mobile Phones - p. 412 34. Special considerations of AAC systems for specific disabilities - p. 412 35. Mobile Technologies as Speech-Generating Devices - p. 420 36. Physical Skill Development - p. 427 37. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation and Assessment - p. 430 38. Outcomes - p. 434 39. Summary - p. 436 40. Glossary - p. 440 41. Index - p. 449
Master 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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. vi 7. Acknowledgments - p. viii 8. 1. Principles of Assistive Technology: Introducing the Human Activity Assistive Technology Model - p. 1 9. 2. Technologies That Assist People Who Have Disabilities - p. 16 10. 3. Activity, Human, and Context - p. 31 11. 4. Global Perspective on Assistive Technology - p. 56 12. 5. Ethical Issues in Assistive Technology - p. 71 13. 6. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Client - p. 87 14. 7. User Input - p. 117 15. 8. Control Interfaces for Assistive Technologies - p. 137 16. 9. Input Accessibility for Mainstream Information and Communication Technologies - p. 169 17. 10. Enabling Function and Participation With Seating Technologies - p. 192 18. 11. Technologies That Enable Mobility - p. 224 19. 12. Technologies That Aid Transportation - p. 258 20. 13. Enabling Manipulation With Low-Technology Assistive Devices - p. 280 21. 14. Electronic Aids to Daily Living - p. 289 22. 15. Robotic Assistive Technologies That Aid Manipulation - p. 305 23. 16. Sensory Aids for Persons With Visual Impairments - p. 321 24. 17. Assistive Technologies for Cognitive Augmentation - p. 356 25. 18. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems - p. 393 26. Activity Component - p. 394 27. Human Component - p. 396 28. Context Component - p. 398 29. Assistive Technologies for Alternative and Augmentative Communication - p. 401 30. AAC System Outputs - p. 409 31. Access to Mainstream Technologies - p. 410 32. Internet Access - p. 411 33. Mobile Phones - p. 412 34. Special considerations of AAC systems for specific disabilities - p. 412 35. Mobile Technologies as Speech-Generating Devices - p. 420 36. Physical Skill Development - p. 427 37. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation and Assessment - p. 430 38. Outcomes - p. 434 39. Summary - p. 436 40. Glossary - p. 440 41. Index - p. 449
