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Design, Technology , and Engineering benefitting individuals
with disabilities and older adults in the local community |
January 12, 2022 |
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Perspectives is the newsletter of the
Stanford course,
Perspectives in Assistive Technology.
Week 2
This newsletter issue describes the next class session of the
Quarter.
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Perspectives in Assistive
Technology is a Winter Quarter Stanford course - now in its
sixteenth year - that explores the design, development, and use of
assistive technology that benefits people with disabilities and older adults.
It consists of semi-weekly in-person discussions; lectures by
notable professionals, clinicians, and assistive technology users; a
tour of an accessible inclusive playground; student project
presentations and demonstrations; and an Assistive Technology
Faire. |
Course News
In-person, In-classroom
Instruction Resumes - Stanford has decided to return to in-person,
in-classroom instruction starting next week, January 18th. Community members
are welcome to attend class sessions at that time, but must attest to being
vaccinated or receiving a negative COVID test result. Masking during class
sessions will be required for everybody. |
Student Enrollment -
As of today, 48 students have signed up for the course, with 30 working on team
projects. Of those, 4 are Freshmen, 4 are Sophomores, 5 are Juniors, 22 are
Seniors, and 13 are Graduate students. |
Next (Virtual) Class Session - Thursday,
January 13th at 4:00pm PST
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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.
Upcoming In-person,
In-classroom Class Sessions:
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Please contact me with your ideas, questions, comments,
and project suggestions - or just to say hello. Please continue to stay safe
& healthy.
Dave Jaffe - Course Instructor
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