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Design, Technology , and Engineering benefitting individuals
with disabilities and older adults in the local community |
January 20, 2021 |
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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 announces 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
fifteenth year - that explores the design, development, and use of
assistive technology that benefits people with disabilities and older adults.
It consists of semi-weekly online discussions; lectures by
notable professionals, clinicians, and assistive technology users; virtual
tours of local medical, clinical, and engineering facilities; student
project presentations and demonstrations; and a Virtual Assistive Technology
Faire. |
Course
News
Course Statistics -
As of today, 45 students have enrolled in the course, 10 vendors plan to
participate in the Virtual Assistive Technology Faire, and students have chosen
projects suggested by six community members. |
Next class session -
Tuesday, January 21st at 4:30pm PST via
Zoom
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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 28 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.
Zoom Attendance
This class session will not
be open to community attendance - This decision has been made
subsequent to the loss of vocal quality during the first class session - mostly
likely due to the large number of attendees. For this reason, I may have to
restrict Zoom attendance to enrolled students. However, I will provide the link
to this recorded video session to anyone who requests it. |
Upcoming class sessions:
Assistive Technology Faire
You are invited to participate
in the Virtual Assistive Technology Faire - This ninth annual
course event is scheduled for Thursday, February 25th and 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 join in on this virtual event. Please browse to the
Call for Assistive Technology Faire Participants
webpage for more information and contact me to register. Each vendor will
have 5 to 10 minutes of unopposed Zoom time to display, demonstrate, and
discuss their assistive technology products or services. Everyone is welcome to
attend the Faire. Ten vendors have signed up to participate so far.
Here is the line
up and slides from last year's
Faire. |
Seeking Participants for a Study on Disability and the
Environment
"If you are a person with a mobility disability who
would be willing to talk about your experiences with environmental change, I
would like to speak with you. People with disabilities have historically been
left out of planning for environmental change and climate disaster, and your
story matters. I am especially interested in learning about how the environment
affects your life and how your identity affects your experience of the
environment. For this study, I am looking to interview people with mobility
disabilities."
"If you are interested in being involved in the study,
please contact me, Molly King. Interviews
are confidential and your participation is voluntary. Participants receive a
$15 gift card or charity donation of equal value for an hour of their
time."
"If you cannot participate but know of someone who might
be interested, I would appreciate you forwarding this message. Thank
you."
Molly M.
King, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Santa Clara
University |
Other
Email
questions, comments, or suggestions - Please
email me if you have general
questions, comments, corncerns, or suggestions regarding the course. Thank you
again for your interest.
Dave
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