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Assistive
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Technology
and design benefitting individuals with disabilities and older adults in the
local community |
January 13, 2016 |
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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 and
encourages your participation in the
course's assistive technology faire.
Perspectives in Assistive Technology is a Winter
Quarter Stanford course - now in its tenth year - that explores the design,
development, and use of assistive technology that benefits people with
disabilities and older adults. The schedule
consists of semi-weekly classroom discussions; lectures by
notable professionals, clinicians, and assistive technology users; tours
of local medical, clinical, and engineering facilities; an assistive
technology faire; and a film screening.
Next class
session - Thursday, January 14th at 4:30pm (new starting time):
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Bridging the Gap between
Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
Deborah E. Kenney, MS, OTR/L
Stanford University, VA Palo Alto Health Care
System, and Foothill College |
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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
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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 and orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation,
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
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Attend a lecture -
Course lectures will be held on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm and are open
to the greater Stanford community. You are most welcome to sit in on class
sessions that interest you. You need not be a Stanford student and there is no
required signup, enrollment, or charge. The class will meet in a large, tiered,
accessible classroom on campus in the Thornton Center, adjacent to the Terman
Fountain and near the Roble Gym, the same venue as last year. Here are the
parking options, maps, and directions to
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Did you miss a
lecture? - Course lectures are posted on YouTube. To find the links,
browse to the Lecture Schedule webpage,
scroll down and click on the lecture of interest. Near the bottom of the page
you will see the Lecture Material section which has links to the slides,
photos, weblinks, and lecture video. |
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Participate in the Assistive
Technology Faire - This fourth 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 4:30pm on Thursday, February 4th just outside
the classroom, Thornton
110.
Here are photos
from last year's event. |
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Upcoming community
event: |
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Would you like to support the
course? - Funding in any amount for the course and student projects
is always welcomed. Monetary gifts support approved project expenses,
administrative costs, honoraria for guest lecturers, and the end-of-term
celebration. Refer to the Team Project Support
webpage for more information.
Do you have a question,
comment, or suggestion? - 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 in the course.
Dave
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