RESNA 27th International Annual Confence

Technology & Disability: Research, Design, Practice & Policy

June 18 to June 22, 2004
Orlando, Florida

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RESNA Annual Conference 2004
Table of Contents

• Practice
• Public Policy
• Research
• Student Design Competition
• Student Scientific Paper Competition

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Practice

• Computer Applications and Communications
  • The Word Editor
  • U-LAM: Universal Language Activity Monitor
• Job & Environmental Accommodation – Including Ergonomics
  • Powered Swingaway Mount for Independent Positioning of Environmental Control Unit
• Public Policy
  • Individual Accountability Within Assistive Technology Cooperative Learning Groups
• SEating and Mobility
  • An Adjustable Armrest Designed to Bear Weight Through the Hand
• Technology for Cognitive and Sensory Impairments
• Other
  • A Custom Modification to Enable A Person with a Cervical Spinal Cord Injury to Control a Digital Camera
  • Appropriate Technology Project Models In Developing Countries
  • Evaluation Of A Service Delivery Model On A Canine Subject
  • Inertial Motion Sensors as Building Blocks for Wearable Assist Devices
  • Use of DynaVox® Augmentative and Assistive Communication Device to Access PlayStation 2®

Public Policy

• Accessibility Standards for Operating Systems
• A Multidisciplinary Project Course on Innovative Assistive Technology for Engineering and Business Majors
• Communication and Technology Policy for People with Disabilities: Designing Approaches to Increase Use
• Implementation of Effective Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals with Disabilities in Corporation of National and Community Service Programs
• Improving Accessibility of New Mainstream Consumer Products Through Participatory Development
• Introduction to Assistive Technology Data in the RSA-911 Case Service Report for Application to Assistive Technology Outcomes Measurement
• Overview of Legal Issues in Assistive Technology Outcomes Measurement
• RE-PSG Salary Survey 2003
• Transgenerational Design and Product Differentiators in Product Development
• Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Engineering, and the Client Service Delivery – Two Vehicle Modification Case Studies

Research

• Computer Applications & Communication
  • AAC Performance Based on Semantic Organization Schemes Using Dynamic Displays
  • A-Communicator: Towards Accessible Whiteboarding
  • Computer Use by Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Disabilities
  • Design of a Light-Activated Switch with Improved Specificity for Persons with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
  • Evaluation of an AAC Group Program for Students and Their Educational Assistants (EA)
  • Evaluation of Mouse Emulation Using the Wheelchair Joystick
  • Extended Usability versus Accessibility in Voting Systems
  • Handheld PC/ Web-based Task Reminder for Brain-Injured Adults
  • Investigation of Vocabularies and Prediction of Verbs by AAC System for Speech Disorders
  • Home Monitoring for Veteran's with Low ADL Performance
  • Long-term Speed and Accuracy of Morse code vs. Head-pointer Interface for Text Generation
  • Mobile Accessibility Guide
  • Measuring Target Acquisition Utilizing Madentec's Tracker head pointing system in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • PATTERNS FOR LIFE: A STUDY OF YOUNG CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO USE PATTERNED SWITCH CLOSURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
  • Speech Recognition vs. Non-speech Input Methods: Usage Patterns and Satisfaction
  • Statistical Identification of Factors that Influence Performance with Speech Recognition
  • Tone Modeling for Thai Dysarthric Speech Recognition
  • V2 – A New Industry Standard for Universal Interface Sockets to Allow Control of Mainstream Products from any Device/Interface Modality
• Job & Environmental Accommodation – Including Ergonomics
  • A Study of Advanced Manufacturing Technology as a Workplace Accommodation in a Manufacturing Environment
  • Development, Field Testing and Commercialization of Accessible Tents
  • Retrospective Analysis of User Needs for Workplace Accommodations
  • Safety Issues In The Manufacturing Environment For People With Disabilities
  • THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-FRIENDLY EXERCISE SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS
• Other
  • Accessibility Information to Promote Independence for Wheelchair Users
  • Use of Cell Phones by Elders with Impairments: A Survey Design
  • The Feasibility of Using Videophones for Assessing Cognitively Impaired Seniors in Their Homes
  • Model Based Feedback Control for FES Cycling
  • UniTherapy: Software Design and Hardware Tools of Teletherapy
  • A Survey of User Needs for Wireless Products
  • Effectiveness of Telepsychiatry on Functional Status and Use of Health Resources For Veterans with Schizophrenia
  • Use and Satisfaction with Urinary Incontinence Pads by Home-Based Elderly
  • The Role of Assistive Technology in Cognitive Testing of Students with Severe Disabilities
  • Rigid link-segment models as predictors of semi-reclined leg cycling kinematics
• Outcome & Quantitative Measurement
  • A CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCHING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY OUTCOMES
  • A DELPHI STUDY TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
  • A New Conceptual Model for Predicting Assistive Technology Use and Impact
  • A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
  • Development of an Assistive Technology Outcomes Measurement System Utilizing the International Classification of Functioning (ICIDH-2/ICF)
  • Development of a Miniature Data Logger for Collecting Outcome Measures for Wheeled Mobility
  • Functional Characterization of Disability and Interface Use
  • Group Differences in Psychosocial Influences of, Satisfaction with and Knowledge of Mobility Devices
  • Measuring AT Outcomes Using the Student Performance Profile: Analysis and Recommendations
  • Mobile Usability Lab (MU-Lab): A Tool For Studying Medical Device Accessibility
  • Physical Independence and Mobility: A Study of Functional Performance of Individuals With and Without Service Dogs
  • Platform Independent and Web-Based AT Outcome Data Collection Tools
  • Psychometric and Administrative Properties of Measures Used in Assistive Technology Device Outcomes Research
  • Rule-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Models for Event-Driven Adaptive Prognosis and Context Prediction
  • Satisfaction with Assistive Technology: What are we measuring?
  • The Relevance of Qualitative Research to AT Outcome Research Goals
  • Upper Extremity Biomechanical Model for Quantitative Assessment of Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Analysis of Children with Cerebral Palsy Using Posterior Walkers
• Seating and Mobility
  • A Study on the Balance Function of the IBOT™ Transporter
  • Self-Reported Experience with Safe Transport of Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Rehabilitation Therapist Perspective
  • Wheelchair usage pattern: Does age matter?
  • Who are the People Using Wheelchairs: Development of a Wheelchair Users Registry
  • Isometric Joystick Tuning Interface and Assessment
  • Development of Head-Operated, Isometric Controls for Powered Mobility
  • Revaluation of the Vibration Exposure Power Wheelchair Users Experience When Driving Over Selected Sidewalk Surfaces
  • Wheelchair-Skill Performance By People With Hemiplegia: To What Extent Are The Limitations Due To The Difficulties Inherent In The Tasks Rather Than The Neurological Impairments?
  • Corrective Actions Necessary for Maintaining a Wheelchair Wheelie
  • Performance of Manual Propulsion in Wheelchair Bound Patients Using a New Seating Design
  • Reduce Skin Temperature Elevation Using an Alternating Ischial Support Wheelchair
  • Lung Capacity and Airflow Change Due to Different Sitting Posture.
  • Wheelchair Seatback Loads and Deflections in Rear Impacts
  • Autonomy of gel cell and wet cell lead acid batteries for motorized wheelchairs: Preliminary results
  • Training of Junior Occupational Therapy Students by More Senior Students 
  • Safety Belt Usability and Reach Capability of Wheelchair Users
  • Mobile Wireless Activity Monitoring to Prevent Pressure Sores in Wheelchair Users
  • Method to Predict Wheelchair Reliability and Lifetime
• Technology for Cognitive and Sensory Impairments
  • Improving Electric Powered Wheelchair Operation for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Technologically Delivered Cognitive Assistance with Activities of Daily Living
  • Design of a Spring Mechanism Retractable Training Cane
  • Methodology for Using a Simulator to Assess and Improve the Driving of Individuals after Brain Injury
  • A Robotic Guide for the Visually Impaired in Indoor Environments
  • Perception of Audio Cues in Robot-Assisted Navigation
  • Creating Accessible Science Museums with User-Activated Audio Beacons ( Ping! )
  • A System for Providing Preview Capability to Blind People Navigating in Familiar Places
  • Measuring Effectiveness of Tactile Landmarks on Telecommunication Device Dialpads
  • Talking Braille: Making Braille Signage Accessible at a Distance
  • Obstacle Perception Training System and CD for the Blind
  • Technology and Visual Impairment: Primary Market Research, Current Practice, and Needed Technology
  • Sonification Sandbox: A Graphical Toolkit for Auditory Graphs
  • Designing an Improved Variable Compliance Joystick for Driving Electric Powered Wheelchairs
  • A Computer-Vision System To Detect Falls In The Home: Preliminary Design and Development

Student Design Competition

• Job & Environmental Accommodation – Including Ergonomics
  • Design of an Assistive Bulk Packaging Tool
  • DEVELOPMENT OF A STICKER DISPENSER TO ASSIST THOSE WITH LIMITED DEXTERITY
  • Design of Device to Assist in Label Separation
  • Assistive Technology and the Product Design Cycle: Designing a Letter Folder
• Other
  • Automated Page-Turner Design Implementing a Re-usable Adhesive
  • Design of a Medium Dispensing Device to Aid in Art Creation by Persons with Disabilities
• Outcome & Quantitative Measurement
  • The Feasibility Of Measuring Keyboard Forces During A Typing Task To Determine The Efficacy Of Physical Therapy On Patients With Known Musculoskeletal Hand And Wrist Disorders
• Seating and Mobility
  • The Lifting Assist for a Powered Wheelchair
  • Design and Development of a Pneumatic Suspension Caster Wheelchair Fork
  • Shoulder-Steered Tricycle
• Technology for Cognitive and Sensory Impairments
  • DESIGN OF A MODULAR ASSISTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE
  • Custom Canes and Brackets
  • Kitchen Helpers
  • Playtime for Everyone – An Adapted Sensory Play Station
  • Envelope Inserting Aids
  • Orientation Game for Visually Impaired Toddlers
• Winners
  • The Lifting Assist for a Powered Wheelchair
  • Adaptation of a Baby Seat for Attachment to a Wheelchair
  • Design of Assistive Technology Device to Support Playing of Percussion Instrument
  • Shoulder-Steered Tricycle
  • Talking Dots Braille Trainer

Student Scientific Paper Competition

• Computer Applications & Communication
  • DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE THAT MEASURES SPEECH RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE
  • Frequency of Use of Vocabulary for Individuals Using Dynamic Display Systems
• Job & Environmental Accommodation – Including Ergonomics
  • Development of an Assessment Methodology for identifying accessibility issues for people with disabilities in a manufacturing environment
  • Factors for Success of Workplace Accommodations
• Other
  • The Relationship between Pain, Fatigue and Level of Depression in Wheelchair Users.
  • Composite Sensor for Drop-off detection in Intelligent Mobility Aids
• Outcome & Quantitative Measurement
  • ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ON PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY USING A MEASURE OF PARTICIPATION
  • Relationship Between Health Related Quality of Life and Quality of Wheelchair Provided to Veterans
  • Investigation of Power Wheelchair Reliability
  • Effect of Service Dog Ownership and Other Parameters on the Number of Hours of Paid Assistance for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries
• Seating and Mobility
  • Real-World Wheelchair Transportation Safety: A Study of Wheelchair User Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior When Riding Fixed-Route Transportation
  • Seating and Mobility Script Concordance Test (SMSCT): External Structure Evidence
  • Injury Level and Wheelchair Propulsion
  • Hardware Design of the Smart Power Assistance Module for Manual Wheelchairs
  • Development and Validation of a Frontal Impact 6 year-old Wheelchair-seated Occupant Computer Model
  • Manual Wheelchair Use and Reported Pain
  • Wrist Range of Motion & Wheelchair Pushrim Kinetics: Their Impact on Nerve Health
  • Using Wavelet Analysis to Investigate Skin Blood Flow Control Mechanisms: Implications for Skin Thermoregulatory Mechanisms
  • Application of a Commercial Datalogger to Electric Powered and Manual Wheelchairs of Children
  • Do Organized sporting events make a difference for individuals who use wheelchairs?
  • Body Mass Index and its Limitation on Functional Wheelchair Propulsion
  • Vibrations During Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Over Selected Sidewalk Surfaces Are Sensitive To Weather-Related Surface Wear
  • An analysis of trunk excursion in manual wheelchair users
  • Mechanical Efficiency of the Push during Uphill Wheelchair Propulsion: Implications toward Adaptation and Method Validity
  • Reducing Variability in Wheelchair Propulsion Outcomes
  • Characteristics of Wheelchair Users and Associated Motor Vehicle Transportation Usage
  • The Measurement of Whole-Body Vibration Levels Produced by Electrically Powered Wheelchairs without Suspension
  • Design And Preliminary Calibration Of A SMART HUB For The Measurement Of Forces And Moments In Electric Powered Wheelchairs
  • Removal of Dynamic Offset Signal from Load Cell Instrumented Wheels
• Winners
  • Website Usability: Evaluation to Accommodate the Needs of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Effect of a Pushrim Activated Power Assist Wheelchair on the Functional Capabilities of Individuals with Tetraplegia
  • A Model-Based Criterion for Assessing Appropriateness of Wheelchair Setup
  • DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MANUAL WHEELCHAIR FOR INDIA
  • Influence of Gripping Moments on Mechanical Efficiency of Wheelchair Propulsion