Predictors of unmet needs for communication and mobility assistive devices among youth with a disability: The role of socio-cultural factors

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-21

  Lindsay, Sally ^a   Tsybina, Irina ^a  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assistive devices; Augmentative and alternative communication; Mobility devices; Sociocultural; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICATION AID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951647228     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2010.514972     Document Type: Article

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