The Hollybank Challenges: AT for People with Profound Disabilities
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The use of Assistive Technology with people with profound and multiple disabilities is a specialised subfield. Drawing on its authors' experiences and observations at a UK charitable foundation that offers specialised educational, residential and therapeutic facilities, this paper describes the distinct challenges that present themselves when applying AT to address the needs of this often-overlooked sector of the community. It is hoped that this will help raise awareness and contribute to improving the overall quality of AT provision in this area.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Studies in health technology and informatics
دوره 242 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017