Assistive Technology Interventions for Individuals with Severe/Profo
For people with severe/profound and multiple disabilities, managing the basic necessities of daily life often poses myriad challenges. Despite great odds, advances in assistive technology are making a difference in these individuals’ lives. Advances
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Giulio E. Lancioni Jeff Sigafoos Mark F. O’Reilly Nirbhay N. Singh ●
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Assistive Technology Interventions for Individuals with Severe/ Profound and Multiple Disabilities
Giulio E. Lancioni Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Bari, Italy Mark F. O’Reilly Department of Special Education University of Texas at Austin The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk Austin, TX, USA
Jeff Sigafoos Victoria University of Wellington School of Educational Psychology & Pedagogy, Karori Campus Wellington, New Zealand Nirbhay N. Singh American Health and Wellness Institute Raleigh, NC, USA
ISSN 2192-922X ISSN 2192-9238 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-4228-8 ISBN 978-1-4614-4229-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4229-5 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012938480 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
This book summarizes research activity directed at assessing the value and impact of various types of assistive technologies for enhancing the abilities an
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