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The concept of assistive technology is moving away from adopting the most appropriate devices to overcome the limitations of users, to the designing and setting up of total environments in which people can live, supported by suitable services and additional support devices integrated within the environment. These two perspectives are deeply intertwined, both from technological and social points of view, and the relationship between them currently represent the primary challenge for the field of assistive technology. This publication covers the proceedings of the 10th European Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE), the organization which stimulates the advancement of assistive technology for the benefit of people with disabilities, including elderly people. This conference seeks to bridge the gap between these two complementary approaches, providing an opportunity to clarify differences and common points and to better define future direction. This publication is a significant contribution to the advancement of inclusion for people living with a disability everywhere.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FROM ADAPTED EQUIPMENT TO INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Assistive Technology Research Series The Assistive Technology Research Series (ATR) aims to disseminate and archive assistive technology research summaries widely through publishing proceedings, monographs, and edited collective works. The series aspires to become the primary world-wide source of information in assistive technology research, through publishing state-of-the-science material across all continents. ATR defines assistive technology (AT) as any tool, equipment, system, or service designed to help develop, maintain or improve a person with a disability to function in all aspects of his or her life. Assistive technology helps people of all ages who may have a broad range of disabilities or limitations. The ATR series will accept manuscripts and proposals for a wide range of relevant topics. Editor-in-Chief : Rory A. Cooper Editorial Board: Angel Gil Agudo, Geoff Bardsley, Robert Bingham, Christian Buhler, H.S. Chhabra, Gerry Craddock, Jin Dewen, Sten Ekman, Martin Ferguson, Shirley G. Fitzgerald, Antal (Tony) Huba, Jeffrey Jutai, Kiyomi Matsuo, Mounir Mokhtari, Johan Molenbroek, Hisaichi Ohnabe, Paul F. Pasquina, Marcia Scherer, Nigel Shapcott, Richard Simpson, Ronaldo de Souza Moraes Jr., Thijs Soede, Pierre Soto, Eric Tam, Osamu Tanaka, Julian Verkaaik, Howard Wactlar, Hans-Werner Wahl, Lloyd Walker, Jue Wang, Brian Woods, Lucas van der Woude, Yusheng Yang
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P. Topo and B. Östlund (Eds.), Dementia, Design and Technology – Time to Get Involved M. Cabrera and N. Malanowski (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Active Ageing – Opportunities and Challenges for the European Union W.C. Mann (Ed.), Aging, Disability and Independence – Selected Papers from the 4th International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (2008) A. Mihailidis, J. Boger, H. Kautz and L. Normie (Eds.), Technology and Aging – Selected Papers from the 2007 International Conference on Technology and Aging G. Eizmendi, J.M. Azkoitia and G. Craddock (Eds.), Challenges for Assistive Technology – AAATE 07 C