Описание
This book deals with organisational and methodological issues involved in setting up Assistive Technology Information / Advice centres. The model presented – framed in the Italian context – is based on several years’ experience of the SIVA service (Assistive Technology Research and Information Centre) of the Don Gnocchi Foundation (a major non-profit provider of rehabilitation services in Italy, based in Milano). Assistive Technology Information / Advice services may be part of a local Rehabilitation Unit, or stand alone organisations providing consultancy. Their mission is providing either information / guidance or individual assessment for recommending assistive technology solutions case by case. The book offers a set of guidelines on how to carry out this activities.
Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)
- Assistive products for measuring, stimulating or training physiological and psychological functions (ISO 04)
- Orthoses and prostheses (ISO 06)
- Assistive products for self-care activities and participation in self-care (ISO 09)
- Assistive products for activities and participation relating to personal mobility and transportation (ISO 12)
- Assistive products for domestic activities and participation in domestic life (ISO 15)
- Furnishings, fixtures and other assistive products for supporting activities in indoor and outdoor human-made environments (ISO 18)
- Assistive products for communication and information management (ISO 22)
- Assistive products for controlling, carrying, moving and handling objects and devices (ISO 24)
- Assistive products for controlling, adapting or measuring elements of physical environments (ISO 27)
- Assistive products for work activities and participation in employment (ISO 28)
- Assistive products for recreation and leisure (ISO 30)
