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Design, Technology , and Engineering benefitting individuals
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January 15, 2020 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the
Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive
Technology.
Bridging the Gap between
Consumers and Products in Rehabilitation Medicine
This issue invites you to attend the next class session and
encourages your participation in the course's Assistive Technology
Faire.
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Perspectives in Assistive
Technology is a Winter Quarter Stanford course - entering its
fourteenth year - 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; student project
presentations and demonstrations; an Assistive Technology Faire; and a
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Course News
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Course Statistics
- A record number of students - forty-seven - have now enrolled in the course:
twenty-seven pursuing team projects, thirteen opting to work on smaller
projects, and six attending lectures. Four vendors have already registered for
the Assistive Technology Faire on Thursday,
February 20th. |
Next class session -
Thursday, January 16th at 4:30pm
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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 |
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. She will be joined by a panel of stroke survivors: Albert A.
and Michael W. who will discuss their challenges and the assistive technology
devices they have used.
Biosketch: Deborah Kenney has been an
occupational therapist working with stroke survivors and hand patients for the
last 27 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
post-stroke survivors privately in the community.
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You are invited to attend this
and all other class sessions - Class sessions will be held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm and are
open to the greater Stanford community. You need not be a Stanford student to
attend, no signup is required, and there is no charge. The full schedule can be
found here |
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Same classroom! -
The course will be held in classroom 282 in the
Lathrop
Library located at the corner of Lasuen Mall and Serra Mall, adjacent to
Memorial Auditorium and the Oval. It seats as many as 150 people in a flexible
and accessible space. Here is a webpage with maps, directions, and photos. |
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You are invited
to participate in the Assistive Technology Faire - This
eighth annual course event will 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 me 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 will start at 4:30pm on
Thursday, February 20th in the
Lathrop Library, Classroom 282.
Here is the program,
slides, and
Matteo's,
Krystina's &
my photos from last year's
Faire. |
Upcoming class sessions:
Upcoming local events:
SOMArts proudly announces the second
exhibition in the 10th Curatorial Residency season, Recoding CripTech.
Curated by Vanessa Chang and Lindsey D. Felt, Recoding CripTech reimagines
enshrined notions of what a body can be or do through creative technologies,
and how it can move, look, or communicate.
Working with a broad understanding of
technology, from prosthetic tools to the built environment, this
multidisciplinary community art exhibition explores how disability - and
artists who identify as such - can redefine design, aesthetics, and the
relationship between user and interface. Exhibiting artists engage with
technology in manifold ways from conception to production and beyond. As the
term "crip" reclaims the word for disability culture and recognizes disability
as a cultural and political identity, so too do artists hack technologies to
make them more accessible and inclusive.
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Other
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 Course and Project Support
webpage for more information.
Email
questions, comments, or suggestions - Please
email me if you have general
questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the course. Thank you again for
your interest.
Dave
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