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QUESTION: Reading aids for people with visual impairment - ANSWER-- Optical aids
(handheld magnifiers)
- Nonoptical aids (enlarged print, lamps)
- Electronic aids (projectors)
QUESTION: Public sources that fund assistive technology - ANSWER-1986 amendments to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provide federal money to each state
QUESTION: Goals of patient with neurological/muscular/joint condition contributing to postural
deformity - ANSWER-- To impede development of postural deformities
- Impart forces that correct progression
- Accommodate fixed orthopedic deformities
- PELVIS is key to postural alignment
QUESTION: 6 major psychological factors of motivation - ANSWER-- elicitors of behavior
- symbols
- beliefs and perceptions
- cultural norms and expectations
- intrinsic motivation
- history of experience
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QUESTION: Movement characteristics - ANSWER-Assistive technology can help provide
stability, enhance sensory feedback, or provide modifications in support of an effector (muscle)
QUESTION: Seating components for upper and lower extremities - ANSWER-Upper
extremities: arm trough, arm tray
QUESTION: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - ANSWER-Authorizes state funding in imparting
rehab services to people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation for EMPLOYMENT
PURPOSES
=> Reasonable accommodations
Amendments made in 1998 involve access to electronic office equipment by disabled users
working for Federal Government
QUESTION: Alternatives in visual displays for people with low vision - ANSWER-Affected by:
- Size of text
- Spacing of text
- Contrast
Ideal computers:
- Software based
- Ease of use
- Smooth and fast display
- cost effective
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QUESTION: Characterization of effector movements - ANSWER-RESOLUTION: ability to
control fine motor movements
RANGE: greatest extent of of movement
STRENGTH: duh...
ENDURANCE: ability to sustain a force
VERSATILITY: effector's ability to handle multiple tasks
*fingers have LOW range and strength but HIGH versatility
QUESTION: Assistive technology in relation to the HAAT model - ANSWER-Human
Activity
Assistive
Technology
Technology helps the individual improve performance despite a disability
QUESTION: 3 major areas of psycho-social function - ANSWER-SELF DEFINITION: the
private view that a person has of themselves (goals, aspirations, well-being)
SELF PROTECTION: the way a person shields themselves from internal and external
psychological forces
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MOTIVATION: determines how much the technology is able to help the individual
QUESTION: Graphical user interface - ANSWER-Describes the tools that are characterized by 3
features: mouse pointer, graphical menu bar, window providing a menu of choices
QUESTION: General input emulating interface - ANSWER-Adaptations applied to a computer
that allow emulation of the mouse, keyboard, or both
QUESTION: Candidate control interface - ANSWER-Tested on a comparative basis, computer-
aided and non-computer aided interfaces. Comparative testing is based off the speed or rate
response and the correctness of response.
QUESTION: Factors to be considered in selection of a wheelchair - ANSWER-"severely
mobility-impaired" users are unable to propel a wheelchair independently. Dependent mobility
or powered mobility base is the only option for those users.
QUESTION: Oculomotor system acts as an effector - ANSWER-Can be described as visual
approach, visual rasp, visual manipulation, and visual release
QUESTION: Disabilities with detrimental affects on speech and language skills - ANSWER-
DYSARTHRIA: from peripheral nerve damage
APRAXIA: central nervous dysfunction that prevents or restricts the coordination of peripheral
muscles
APHASIA: trouble recalling vocabulary or organizing language into meaningful sentences
QUESTION: Pelvis - ANSWER-Key point of control that affects the body's posture
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