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Assistive
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Technology
and design benefitting individuals with disabilities and older adults in the
local community |
January 14, 2015 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the Stanford
course,
Perspectives in Assistive Technology.
This issue invites you to attend the next class session
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encourages your participation in the course's assistive technology
faire.
Perspectives in Assistive
Technology is a Winter Quarter Stanford course in its ninth season
that explores the design, development, and use of assistive technology that
benefits people with disabilities and older adults. It consists of semi-weekly
classroom discussions; lectures by notable professionals,
clinicians, and assistive technology users; tours of local medical,
clinical, and engineering facilities; and an assistive technology faire.
Much more information can be found on the course
website.
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Attend a lecture - You are invited to sit in on
class lectures that interest you. They are open
to the greater Stanford community - you need not be a Stanford student and
there is no required signup, enrollment, or charge. They will once again be
held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:30pm in a large tiered,
accessible classroom on campus in the Thornton Center (Classroom 110) adjacent
to the Terman Fountain and near the Roble Gym, the same venue as last year.
Here are the parking options, maps, and
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Next class session - Thursday, January 15th at
4:15pm:
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Bridging the Gap between
Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - Stanford
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Abstract:
Occupational therapists (OTs) are critical players in the transdisciplinary
rehabilitation team. An OT's job is to help people, who because of illness,
injury, or aging, have experienced a decrease in their ability to function
independently in the areas of daily living, work, play, and leisure. Treatment
by an OT often includes the prescription of assistive technology. This talk
will focus on the aspects necessary to effectively fit the technology to the
individual and support the use of this technology in the home environment, and
the impediments to providing this. |
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Biosketch:
Deborah Kenney has been an occupational therapist working with stroke
survivors and hand patients for the last 25 years. She currently splits her
time, as a researcher, between Stanford and the
VA Palo Alto Health Care
System. She has collaborated on numerous design / development research
projects with both engineers as well as with graduate, medical, and
undergraduate students. Her work includes testing and integrating technology
into the rehabilitation setting with individuals with Parkinson's Disease, CVA
(stroke), spinal cord injury, hand therapy, and balance problems related to
aging. Ms. Kenney currently works with researching problems of hand
rehabilitation and treatment related to post surgical pain and thumb arthritis
and continues to develop novel treatments for post-stroke survivors privately
in the community. |
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Attend the Aging In Place Technologies Meetup Event: Aging
Parents, Robots, and Virtual Visits - Transport yourself to this
Meetup
event on Wednesday, January 21st to interact with the Suitable
Technologies' Beam Smart Presence System and listen to a presentation by
Richard Caro about the telepresence robot he designed to virtually visit his
geographically remote mother.
- Suitable Technologies Robot
Showfloor
425 University Ave. (map)
Palo
Alto, CA
6:30 - 9pm
7:15-7:45pm for the presentation
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Participate in the Assistive Technology Faire -
This third annual course event will once again provide an opportunity for
students and community members to get an up-close look at a variety of
assistive technology devices and learn about available services. Users of
assistive technology products as well as small companies and
agencies serving individuals with disabilities and older adults are
encouraged to bring assistive technology devices and information to display,
demonstrate, and discuss.
Please browse to
the Call for Assistive Technology Faire Participants
webpage and contact the course instructor if you would like to be a part of
this event as a user or vendor of assistive technology products or services.
Everyone is welcome to attend the faire.
The Faire starts
at 4:15pm on Thursday, February 19th
just outside the classroom, Thornton
110.
Here are
Dave's and
Arne's photos from last year's
Faire. |
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Do
you have a question or comment? - If you have general questions,
comments, or suggestions about the course, David L. Jaffe, MS, the
instructor, can be reached by email
or at 650/892-4464. Thank you again for your interest.
Dave
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newsletter, please email Dave. |
