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ASSISTIVE DEVICES TECHNOLOGY FOR REHABILITATION - Coggle Diagram
ASSISTIVE DEVICES TECHNOLOGY
FOR REHABILITATION
Principles of Assistive Technology Assessment
The user’s goals, needs, and tasks must be clearly defined, listed, and incorporated as early as possible in
the intervention process
Involvement of rehabilitation professionals with differing skills and know-how will maximize the probability
for a successful outcome
The user’s preferences, cognitive and physical abilities and limitations, living situation, tolerance for
technology, and probable changes in the future must be thoroughly assessed, analyzed, and quantified
Careful and thorough consideration of available technology for meeting the user’s needs must be carried
out to avoid overlooking potentially useful solutions
The user’s preferences and choice must be considered in the selection of the assistive technology device.
The assistive technology device must be customized and installed in the location and setting where it
primarily will be used
Not only must the user be trained to use the assistive device, but also the attendants or family members
must be made aware of the device’s intended purpose, benefits, and limitations
Follow-up, readjustment, and reassessment of the user’s usage patterns and needs are necessary at
periodic intervals
Benefits of Assistive Devices
kitchen implements with large, cushioned grips to help people with weakness or arthritis (painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints) in their hands with everyday living task
Voice recognition to help people
with sensory impairments
Medication dispenser with alarm
to alert sick people to take
medication on time
Allow participation in educational
activities in school and at home
Provide mobility for people with physical disabilities that affect movement
Types of Assistive Devices
Prosthetics and Orthotics
Assistive Devices for Persons with severe visual impairments
Assistive Devices for Tactile Impairments
Assistive Devices for Persons with severe Auditory Impairments
Recreational Assistive Devices
Manipulation and Mobility Aids
Alternative and Augmentative Communication Devices
What is Assistive Technology?
The human user of assistive technology perceives the environment via senses and responds or manipulates the environment via effectors
Perception - human being interprets the incoming sensory data
Cognition - activities that underlie problem solving + decision making + language formation
Motor Control - used the outcomes of the processing functions to form a motor patterns that is executed by the effectors
Effectors - nerves, muscles, joints
5 Major Misconception about Assistive Technology
Persons with the same disability need the same assistive device
assistive technology can solve all the problems
Assistive technology can always be used
Assistive technology prescriptions are always accurate and optimal
Assistive technology is necessarily complicated and expensive