Overcoming the stigma associated with assistive devices

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Design and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jacobson, Susanne ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Design; Personalization; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PERSONALIZATIONS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; STIGMA;

DESIGN;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84867171479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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