Cook and hussey's assistive technologies: principles and practice

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 youve learned to real-world practice.

Part 1: Introduction and Framework1. Introduction and Overview2. A Framework for Assistive Technologies3. The Disabled Human User of Assistive TechnologiesPart 2: Service Delivery in Assistive Technologies4. Delivering Assistive Technology Services to the Customer5. Funding Assistive Technology Services and SystemsPart 3: The Activities: General Purpose Assistive Technologies6. Seating Systems as Extrinsic Enablers for Assistive Technologies7. The Human-Assistive Technology Interface8. Sensory Aids for Persons with Visual Impairment9. Sensory Aids for Persons with Auditory ImpairmentPart 4: The Activities: Performance Areas10. Assistive Technology for Cognitive Augmentation11. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems12. Technologies that Enable Mobility13. Technologies that Enable Transportation14. Technologies that Aid Manipulation and Control of the EnvironmentPart 5: The Contexts for Assistive Technology Applications15. Assistive Technologies in the Context of the Classroom16. Assistive Technologies in the Context of WorkAppendix: ResourcesGlossary