The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation
The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 030945784X

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The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that 56.7 million Americans had some type of disability in 2010, which represents 18.7 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population included in the 2010 Survey of Income and Program Participation. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. As of December 2015, approximately 11 million individuals were SSDI beneficiaries, and about 8 million were SSI beneficiaries. SSA currently considers assistive devices in the nonmedical and medical areas of its program guidelines. During determinations of substantial gainful activity and income eligibility for SSI benefits, the reasonable cost of items, devices, or services applicants need to enable them to work with their impairment is subtracted from eligible earnings, even if those items or services are used for activities of daily living in addition to work. In addition, SSA considers assistive devices in its medical disability determination process and assessment of work capacity. The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation provides an analysis of selected assistive products and technologies, including wheeled and seated mobility devices, upper-extremity prostheses, and products and technologies selected by the committee that pertain to hearing and to communication and speech in adults.

Canadian Who's Who 2007
Canadian Who's Who 2007

Author: Elizabeth Lumley

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 1450

ISBN-13: 9780802040619

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Now in its ninety-seventh year of publication, this standard Canadian reference source contains the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical information on notable living Canadians. Those listed are carefully selected because of the positions they hold in Canadian society; or because of the contribution they have made to life in Canada. The volume is updated annually to ensure accuracy, and 600 new entries are added each year to keep current with developing trends and issues in Canadian society. Included are outstanding Canadians from all walks of life: politics, media, academia, business, sports, and the arts, from every area of human activity. Each entry details birth date and place, education, family, career history, memberships, creative works, honours and awards, and full addresses. Indispensable to researchers, students, media, business, government, and schools, Canadian Who's Who is an invaluable source of general knowledge.

Arthrogryposis
Arthrogryposis

Author: Lynn T. Staheli

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-04-28

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521571067

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The term arthrogryposis describes a range of congenital contractures that lead to childhood deformities. It encompasses a number of syndromes and sporadic deformities that are rare individually but collectively are not uncommon. Yet, the existing medical literature on arthrogryposis is sparse and often confusing. The aim of this book is to provide individuals affected with arthrogryposis, their families, and health care professionals with a helpful guide to better understand the condition and its therapy. With this goal in mind, the editors have taken great care to ensure that the presentation of complex clinical information is at once scientifically accurate, patient oriented, and accessible to readers without a medical background. The book is authored primarily by members of the medical staff of the Arthrogryposis Clinic at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, one of the leading teams in the management of the condition, and will be an invaluable resource for both health care professionals and families of affected individuals.

The Open Book of Social Innovation
The Open Book of Social Innovation

Author: Robin Murray

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848750715

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"This book is about the many ways in which people are creating new and more effective answers to the biggest challenges of our times: how to cut our carbon footprint; how to keep people healthy; and how to end poverty. It describes the methods and tools for innovation being used across the world and across different sectors – the public and private sectors, civil society and the household – in the overlapping fields of the social economy, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise. It draws on inputs from hundreds of organisations to document the many methods currently being used around the world." -- Back cover.

Guide to Cleaner Technologies
Guide to Cleaner Technologies

Author: Douglas Williams

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780788114564

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Describes cleaner technologies that can be used to reduce emissions and wastes from paints and coatings applications. Identifies potentially viable clean technologies that can reduce emissions and waste generation through the use of modified paint and coating formulations or application and curing techniques. Provides resources for obtaining more detailed engineering and economic information about these technologies. Addresses available technologies, emerging technologies and pollution prevention strategies. List of information sources. Drawings, charts and figures.

Guidelines on the Provision of Manual Wheelchairs in Less Resourced Settings
Guidelines on the Provision of Manual Wheelchairs in Less Resourced Settings

Author: World Health Organization, WHO

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 9789241547482

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The guidelines focus on manual wheelchairs and the needs of long-term wheelchair users. The recommendations are targeted at those involved in wheelchair services, ranging from design and planning, to providing or supplying wheelchairs and their maintenance.