On the Relation between Assistive Technology System Elements and Access to Assistive Products Based on 20 Country Surveys [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland), 2023 Johan Borg +2 more
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Operationalising Article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the role of assistive technology in ensuring access to justice [PDF]
Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesAccess to justice is a determinant of the realisation of all other rights, including the right to health, employment, and education. As persons with disabilities experience increased discrimination and social exclusion and are at higher risk of violence ...
Joanne McVeigh +2 more
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Experiences of Assistive Products and Home Care among Older Clients with and without Dementia in Sweden [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Johan Borg +2 more
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Assistive Products and Technology to Facilitate Activities and Participation for Children with Disabilities [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 Jan Willem Gorter +2 more
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Effectiveness of 3D printed custom assistive devices in the school environment [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCustom assistive devices have been shown to positively impact functioning and quality of life while having high adaptability capabilities and a low cost of production. These benefits make them a useful tool to meet the needs of disabled students. The aim
Francesc Antoni Bañuls-Lapuerta +3 more
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Unmet Needs and Use of Assistive Products in Two Districts of Bangladesh: Findings from a Household Survey [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 Wesley Pryor +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundWith the accelerating trend of global aging, over one billion people need to use one or more types of assistive products. However, the high abandonment rate of current assistive products is affecting the quality of life of the older adults ...
Baoyi Zhang +3 more
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Financing options for the provision of assistive products [PDF]
Assistive Technology, 2021 Having predictable, stable and adequate financial resources is essential for achieving universal coverage of essential health products and services, including assistive products. Access to such resources would enable governments and participating organizations to initiate and maintain a system for providing assistive products and associated services ...
Kiu Tay-Teo, Diane Bell, Matthew Jowett
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Dissipation-Assisted Matrix Product Factorization [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2019 Charge and energy transfer in biological and synthetic organic materials are strongly influenced by the coupling of electronic states to high-frequency underdamped vibrations under dephasing noise. Non-perturbative simulations of these systems require a substantial computational effort and current methods can only be applied to large systems with ...
Alejandro D. Somoza +4 more
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Promoting regional coherence and cohesion amidst multiple assistive technology initiatives in Africa
African Journal of Disability, 2022 Background: Appropriate provision of assistive technology services (ATS) and products are a global health issue and essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sixth African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD)
Surona J. Visagie +3 more
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