Assistive/rehabilitation technology, disability, and service delivery models

• Published in: Cognitive processing Vol. 13; no. Suppl 1; pp. 75 - 78
• Main Authors: Adya, Meera, Samant, Deepti, Scherer, Marcia J., Killeen, Mary, Morris, Michael W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Computer Systems; Disability Evaluation; Disabled Persons - rehabilitation; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Neurosciences; Self-Help Devices; Short Report; United Nations; World Health Organization; Disability; Assistive technology devices; Rehabilitation; Community-based rehabilitation; Assistive technology services; Universal design

The United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals do not explicitly articulate a focus on disability; similar failures in the past resulted in research, policy, and practice that are not generalizable and did not meet the needs of persons with disabilities since they were developed for an “average” p...