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Reading aids for people with visual impairment - ✔✔- Optical aids (handheld
magnifiers)
- Nonoptical aids (enlarged print, lamps)
- Electronic aids (projectors)
Public sources that fund assistive technology - ✔✔1986 amendments to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provide federal money to each state
Goals of patient with neurological/muscular/joint condition contributing to
postural deformity - ✔✔- To impede development of postural deformities
- Impart forces that correct progression
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,- Accommodate fixed orthopedic deformities
- PELVIS is key to postural alignment
6 major psychological factors of motivation - ✔✔- elicitors of behavior
- symbols
- beliefs and perceptions
- cultural norms and expectations
- intrinsic motivation
- history of experience
Movement characteristics - ✔✔Assistive technology can help provide stability,
enhance sensory feedback, or provide modifications in support of an effector
(muscle)
Seating components for upper and lower extremities - ✔✔Upper extremities: arm
trough, arm tray
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,Lower extremities: calf support, foot plate, anterior knee supports, ankle straps
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ✔✔Authorizes state funding in imparting rehab
services to people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation for EMPLOYMENT
PURPOSES
=> Reasonable accommodations
Amendments made in 1998 involve access to electronic office equipment by
disabled users working for Federal Government
Alternatives in visual displays for people with low vision - ✔✔Affected by:
- Size of text
- Spacing of text
- Contrast
Ideal computers:
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, - Software based
- Ease of use
- Smooth and fast display
- cost effective
Characterization of effector movements - ✔✔RESOLUTION: ability to control fine
motor movements
STRENGTH: duh...
ENDURANCE: ability to sustain a force
VERSATILITY: effector's ability to handle multiple tasks
*fingers have LOW range and strength but HIGH versatility
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