Using an orientation system for indoor travel and activity with persons with multiple disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 124-127

  Lancioni, G E ^a   Oliva, D ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Lega F D'Oro Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Blindness; Intellectual disability; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TECHNICAL AID; TRAVEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RADIO; SENSORY AIDS;

EID: 0033022409     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899297864     Document Type: Article

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