Assessing the benefits of using assistive technologies and other supports for thinking, remembering and learning

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 731-739

  Scherrer, Marcia J ^a,b  

^a Institute for Matching Person and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technologies; Cognitive disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSUMER; DEVICE; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; THINKING;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; THINKING;

EID: 22544470263     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400014816     Document Type: Article

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