Opis
This document presents an official view of AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe) on the current situation of research, development and availability of assistive technologies. It points out priority areas for the various stakeholders involved in the assistive technology domain, such as policy makers, funding agencies, researchers, industry, public service delivery systems. It also discusses the new challenges put by today’s quick pace of technology innovation, whose impact on the people’s lifestyle may even require a re-definition of the concept of assistive technology. The document is divided into 6 chapters: 1) Introduction 2) Role and relevance of Assistive Technology 3) Priority areas within the assistive technology domain 4) New challenges ahead 5) A key player: industry and 6) AAATE in brief. AAATE is the European interdisciplinary Scientific Society specifically focused on assistive technologies.
Subject (according to the ISO classification of assistive products)
- Medicinski pripomočki za merjenje, podporo, urjenje ali nadomeščanje funkcij telesa (ISO 04)
- PRIPOMOČKI, NAMEŠČENI NA TELESU ZA PODPORO ŽIVČNOMIŠIČNIM FUNKCIJAM ALI GIBANJU (ORTOZE) IN NADOMEŠČANJU ANATOMSKIH STRUKTUR (PROTEZE) (ISO 06)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA AKTIVNOST IN SODELOVANJE PRI OSEBNI NEGI (ISO 09)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA AKTIVNOSTI IN PARTICIPACIJO V ZVEZI Z OSEBNO MOBILNOSTJO IN PREVOZOM (ISO 12)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA GOSPODINJSKE AKTIVNOSTI IN PARTICIPACIJO DOMA (ISO 15)
- POHIŠTVO, OPREMA, PRIPOMOČKI IN PRILAGODITVE BIVALNIH IN DRUGIH PROSTOROV (znotraj in zunaj) (ISO 18)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA KOMUNIKACIJO IN INFORMACIJE (ISO 22)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA NADZOR, PRENAŠANJE, PREMIKANJE IN ROKOVANJE S PREDMETI IN NAPRAVAMI (ISO 24)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA NADZOR, PRILAGAJANJE ALI MERJENJE ELEMENTOV V FIZIČNEM OKOLJU (ISO 27)
- PRIPOMOČKI ZA REKREACIJO IN PROSTI ČAS (ISO 30)