Overview
- Examines assistive technology interventions from multidisciplinary perspectives across nine areas of disability
- Explores the development and use of adaptive devices, software and services to enhance engagement, learning and quality of life for people with diverse abilities
- Explains how technology is used across such areas as communication, leisure, education, independent living, food preparation and mobility
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series (ACPS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Alzheimer’s disease and assistive technology
- Assistive technology and special education
- Autism spectrum disorders and assistive technology
- Behavior management and assistive technology
- Communication disorders and assistive technology
- Daily living skills and assistive technology
- Developmental disabilities and assistive technology
- Employment and occupational development
- Learning disabilities and assistive technology
- Microswitches and speech-generating devices
- Multiple disabilities and assistive technology
- Orientation and mobility
- Play and leisure skills and assistive technology
- Self-management and assistive technology
- Visual impairment and blindness
- rehabilitation psychology
About this book
The familiar image of the disabled tends to emphasize their limitations and reduced quality of life. However, many people with cognitive, motor, and other difficulties also have the capacity to enhance their social interactions, leisure pursuits and daily activities with the aid of assistive technology. Assistive devices from the simple to the sophisticated, have become essential to intervention programs for this population. And not surprisingly the numbers of devices available are growing steadily.
Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities offers expert analysis of pertinent issues coupled with practical discussion of solutions for effective support. Its comprehensive literature review describes current and emerging devices and presents evidence-based guidelines for matching promising technologies to individuals. Program outcomes are assessed, as are their potential impact on the future of the field. In addition, chapters provide detailed descriptions of the personal and social needs of the widest range of individuals with congenital and acquired conditions, including:
- Acquired brain damage.
- Communication impairment.
- Attention and learning difficulties (with special focus on college students).
- Visual impairment and blindness.
- Autism spectrum disorders.
- Behavioral and occupational disorders.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Severe, profound and multiple impairments.
The scope and depth of coverage makes Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in developmental psychology, rehabilitation medicine, educational technology, occupational therapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This book summarizes current research on what devices are available for specific disabilities, how they have been used, and what the results were. It is difficult to overstate how rich this book is. It will change the way clinicians think and work with such individuals. This is an extremely important book for those who are involved in the lives of individuals with diverse abilities, but are also experiencing needs in other areas.” (Ramasamy Manikam, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Vol. 23, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Giulio E. Lancioni, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Italy. Prior to this position, he spent many years at the Department of Psychology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. His research interests include development and assessment of assistive technologies, training of social and occupational skills and evaluation of strategies for examining preference and choice with individuals with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (including post-coma persons in a minimally conscious state and persons with Alzheimer's disease). He has published widely in these areas and serves in the editorial board of several international journals concerned with these topics.
Nirbhay N. Singh, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Prior to his current appointment, he was a Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Director of the Commonwealth Institute for Family Studies, Richmond, Virginia. His research interests include mindfulness, behavioral and psychopharmacological treatments of individuals with disabilities and assistive technology for supporting individuals with severe/profound and multiple disabilities. He is the Editor-in-Chief of two journals: Journal of Child and Family Studies and Mindfulness and Editor of three book series: Mindfulness in Behavioral Health, Evidence-based Practice in Behavioral Health and Children and Families.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities
Editors: Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh
Series Title: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-8029-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8028-1Published: 09 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5442-1Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-8029-8Published: 07 January 2014
Series ISSN: 2192-922X
Series E-ISSN: 2192-9238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 326
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Developmental Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Educational Technology