Technology and Disability - Volume 12, issue 2-3

Authors: Mann, William C.

Article Type: Introduction

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-301

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 73-75, 2000

Authors: Seelman, Katherine D.

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-302

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 77-83, 2000

Authors: Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-303

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 85-91, 2000

Authors: Walker, Kay F.

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-304

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 93-99, 2000

Authors: Mann, William C.

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-305

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 101-106, 2000

Authors: Cooper, Rory A. | Brienza, David M.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology (RST) was formally established at the University of Pittsburgh in September of 1994 to provide leadership in research, education, and clinical practice related to rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. In its short history, RST has excelled in each of these three areas of endeavor. RST's goals for the future are to complete the following tasks: 1. to become one of the first programs in Rehabilitation Science and Technology to become accredited by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA); 2. to develop distance learning courses to provide …greater access to our curriculum by practicing rehabilitation professionals; 3. to establish a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Engineering as a joint program between the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; and 4. to expand our curriculum to include a greater clinical emphasis. Show more

Keywords: rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology, service delivery, vocational rehabilitation

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-306

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 107-117, 2000

Authors: Baum, Carolyn

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-307

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 119-122, 2000

Authors: Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This article describes the advanced graduate curriculum in rehabilitation science recently developed at the University of Texas Medical Branch. The need for the establishment of research based graduate programs in rehabilitation science is discussed in relation to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report titled Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering. The conceptual framework for course development and faculty/student research in the rehabilitation science curriculum is based on the Enabling-Disabling Model presented in the IOM report. This model has been adapted to include components of the World Health Organization's revised International Classification of Functioning and Disability. The …components and structure of the curriculum are described and information presented regarding admission and areas of research focus. Show more

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-308

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 123-127, 2000

Authors: Heinemann, Allen W.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: This report describes the methods used to develop measures of discipline-specific rehabilitation goals. Occupational, physical, speech and recreation therapists reported goals as well as admission and discharge ratings, while psychologists, social workers, and chaplains reported extent of goal attainment for 314 patients treated at seven inpatient programs. Functional status measures with adequate psychometric properties were developed for occupational, physical, speech and recreation therapists using rating scale analysis [1]. While the items developed for use by psychologists, social workers and chaplains did not span a sufficient range of goal attainment for the sample, the hierarchies of goal attainment provide ideas about …how the item sets could be expanded. Gains from admission to discharge are reported separately for patients with primary impairments of stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury, along with correlations among the discipline-specific measures and Functional Independence Measure components. The results help focus attention on the specific contributions of various disciplines and the likelihood of attaining goals. Show more

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-309

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 129-143, 2000

Authors: Fuhrer, Marcus J.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Graduate programs in rehabilitation science are relatively recent emergents that have distinct implications for the future of rehabilitation research. Apropos of being relatively new, these programs are marked by considerable diversity in terms of curricula, the backgrounds of their faculty members, and organizational placement within their respective universities. They are similar, however, in basing their justification in part on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report, Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering [1], and its advocacy for an integrative field that is titled, “rehabilitation science and engineering”. This paper describes some of the report's background and critically …appraises the proposed field and the reasons why it is championed. An alternative conception of rehabilitation science is outlined, and several needed achievements are highlighted to spur its development. Show more

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-310

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 145-150, 2000

Authors: Casson, Elena

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-311

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 151-157, 2000

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-122-312

Citation: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 159-163, 2000