Living in the State of Stuck

Download or read book Living in the State of Stuck written by Marcia Joslyn Scherer and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assistive technology has radically changed the lives of persons with disabilities, enabiling them to work and perform in ways they might never have dreamed possible for themselves. While these devices do improve physical capabilities, the functional gain is not synonymous with enhanced quality of life. The larger questions are too often ignored: What does the individual define as rehabilitation success? How does a given device fulfill that person's needs? Are environmnetal factors - from psychological resistance to insufficient training for use - compromising the effectiveness of the device?