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Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology
Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities. The right to access the same digital content at the same time and at the same cost as people without disabilities is implicit in several human rights instruments and is featured prominently in Articles 9 and 21 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The right to access ICT, moreover, invokes complementary civil and human rights issues: freedom of expression; freedom to information; political participation; civic engagement; inclusive education; the right to access the highest level of scientific...
Women With Disabilities
Here is a powerful stimulus for thought, discussion, and coalition building in the area of women and disability. This innovative book was written by women with disabilities and women professionals who work with persons with disabilities. Women With Disabilities covers many concerns about life with a disability and issues related to disability and psychotherapy.The authors represent a variety of disabilities, ethnicities, sexualities, and politics. This diversity of experience and perspective forces readers to grapple with contradictions, paradox, and their own preconceptions about disabilities and women. These women writers reveal, in deeply personal, closely technical, and sometimes theoret...
Evidence-Based Assessment Framework for Assistive Technology
The primary focus of this book is to educate the reader on the Matching Person and Technology (MPT) model and assessment process that will guide the reader on consumer-centered assistive technology assessment and outcome measures designed to be used for individuals of all ages and all types of disabilities. The first section of the book introduces the MPT and Matching Assistive Technology and CHild (MATCH) assessment process and discusses key documents that align with the assessments including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and the Occupational Therapy Framework III. The second section of the book focuses on the international emphasis of the MPT and M...
Assistive Technology and Science
This work explores issues involving assistive technology engineering and science and examines topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families.
Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation
Articles on disabilities and rehabilitation for health care professionals, patients and their families.
Assistive Technologies and Other Supports for People With Brain Impairment
Assistive Technologies and Other Support for People with Brain Impairment, by Marcia J. Scherer, is a must-have text for academic instructors and their students. The author's synopsis of brain impairment, current rehabilitation strategies, available assistive technologies and resources, as well as the practical merging of the above, makes this an invaluable addition to any academic program in cognitive rehabilitation....The author's inclusion of a section regarding current funding options makes this text truly invaluable and a leader amongst its contemporaries."--Brain Injury This book is an extensive and impressive overview, not only of current research in assistive technology (AT), but als...
Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook
Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition , proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the biopsychosocial model of disability. The model provides reference guidelines for evidence-based practice, guiding both public and private centers that wish to compare, evaluate, and improve their ability to match a person with the correct technology model. This second edition also offers a contribution to the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) initiative, whose activities are strongly focused ...
Qualitative Investigations Into Schools and Schooling
This text is part of a series entitled Readings On Equal Education and topics covered include ethnographic investigations into high schools; understanding and creating effective schools; achievement and cultural identity; and literacy at home and at school.
