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Disability, Society and Assistive Technology book cover

1st Edition

Disability, Society and Assistive Technology

By Bodil Ravneberg, Sylvia Söderström Copyright 2017
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge
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The provision of assistive technology is an important individual and collective service of the welfare state. The state plays a significant role towards linking users and products, and the matching of devices and users is both a science and an art. However, many people feel it is stigmatising to use individually designed assistive technologies as they often, in a subtle way, convey discriminating... Read more

1. Disability, Society and Assistive Technology: A Multidisciplinary Field

2. Assistive Technologies, Disability and Elderly People

3. Disabled Children’s Participation in Sports and Physical Activities: Experiences and Perceptions of Assistive Activity Technologies

4. Inclusive Education and Effects of Assistive Technologies

5. Information and Communication Technology: The Social Envelope of Young People`s Everyday Lives

6. Usability and Aesthetics of Assistive Technologies

7. Integration of Assistive Technologies into Domestic Spheres and Work Life

8. Public Reforms, Innovation and Change of Service Orientations

9. Universal Design and Assistive Technologies: A Challenging Relationship

10. Concluding Thoughts for a Multi-Disciplinarian Approach

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Bodil Ravneberg is a Professor at Bergen University College, Norway.

Sylvia Söderström is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

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