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Final
Remarks
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Thanks for attending the last class
session of Perspectives in Assistive Technology. It has been a 10-week
adventure for me.
- Final business
- Final team reports and individual
reflections due Monday by email
- Continuing assistive technology
projects
- ME113
- Independent study
- Summer SURI
- Help out with the course next year
with projects, attracting students, etc
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Course comments and
evaluation:
- I want to know what worked and what
can be improved
- Your critical assessment is
important
- Evaluation has several
elements:
- speakers and tours
- general course
comments
- comments and observations about
project experiences
- Especially want to know:
- how you balanced this course with
other project courses this quarter
- quality and availability of
resources
- Online Course Evaluations
- Axess is now open for students to
complete
course
evaluations
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Top concepts presented in the
course:
- Assistive Technology is a broad field,
involving many disciplines and occupations
- Assistive Technology is both the
devices and their provision, and also about people
- Although there are a lot of people who
could benefit from assistive technology devices, each user is an individual
with individual needs
- Assistive technology devices tend to
be expensive because the market for a specific device is relatively
small
- The degree of a person's disability
depends on their circumstances and available solutions
- Failure is the pathway to
success
- Everyone encounters disabilities,
either personally or within their families, friends, and colleagues
- Everyone is self-conscious of how they
appear, desire to present themselves in a positive manner
- Everyone deserves a chance to succeed,
to express their personality, to engage in chosen activities, to be
cool
- Labels can influence how we treat
others
- Start with the problem, then identify
the need
- Users are key team members in the
design process
- Designing assistive technology devices
is a challenging yet worthwhile social and engineering endeavor
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Thanks
At this time, I would like to personally
thank everyone who made this course possible. Thanks go to all the presenters
for the excellent job they did in providing information on the broad scope of
assistive technology.
Special thanks to:
- Arne for his many professional
photographs
- Tour hosts: Motion & Gait Analysis
Lab, Willow Garage, and VA SCI and Brain Injury
- Community members for attending and
"adding to the conversation"
- RotaMobility: Chis & Michael for
suggesting projects and mentoring 2 student teams
- Individuals who suggested
projects
- Enrolled students
Finally, I would once again like to thank
Professor Drew Nelson who has given me the opportunity to organize this course
and has continued to provide his wisdom and guidance.
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I hope you had fun, found it interesting
and different, and developed a wider appreciation for assistive
technology.
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Celebration - What we ate and
drank:
- Pizza slices:
- 4 cheese
- 4 veggie
- 8 pepperoni
- Burrito:
- 1 veggie
- 6 chicken
- 5 steak
- Special:
- cheese quesadilla
- Drinks:
- 1 Coke
- 2 Diet Coke
- 12 water
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