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The portion of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model that defines what the individual needs or wants to do when using assistive technology

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Activity

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The action that is replaced or augmented by an assistive device, including communication, cognition, manipulation, and mobility

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Activity Output

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A process through which information about the client is gathered and analyzed in a systematic manner with the purpose of identifying appropriate assistive technologies (hard and soft) and developing a plan for intervention

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Assessment

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A broad range of devices, services, strategies, and practices that are conceived and applied to ameliorate the problems faced by individuals who have disabilities

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Assistive Technology

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Any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device

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Assistive Technology Service

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An ethical principle ensuring that actions lead to good results that benefit the others

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Beneficence

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The portion of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model that describes the influence of physical, social, cultural, and institutional environments or contexts on the access to, service delivery, and use of assistive technology

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Context

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Models of different levels or components that form a system, which is viewed as an interactive and dynamic whole. Change in one component affects all others

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Ecological Models

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Someone or something that facilitates the performance of an occupation

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Enabler

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The portion of a sensory device that detects data from the physical environment

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Environmental Sensor

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A formal code of conduct that guides behavior in different situations; includes professional codes of ethics

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Ethics

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Practice and service delivery that is informed by clinical and research evidence

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Evidence Informed

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Readily available components that can be purchased and assembled into assistive technology systems

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Hard Technology

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Component of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model that describes a person who uses assistive technology; includes the user’s abilities in motor, sensory, cognitive, and affective areas.

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Human

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Fundamental opportunities or actions that belong to an individual and that cannot be denied by governmental or other organizations or persons

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Human Rights

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The portion of the assistive technology system with which the user interacts

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Human/Technology Interface (HTI)

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Devices (and services) that are used by the general public rather than being designed specifically for people with disabilities. Examples include mobile phones, tablets, and computers

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Mainstream Technology

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An ethical principle meaning do no harm

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Nonmaleficence

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The process used to determine whether a given intervention has achieved the intended outcome. May be determined for both an individual and a group

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Outcome Evaluation

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Component of an assistive technology device that translates inputs from the human and the environmental sensor into signals that are used to control the activity output

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Processor

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Equitable access to rights and resources, initially from an economic perspective, but subsequently includes equal access to basic rights and freedom of choice

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Social Justice

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Are the human areas of decision making, strategies, training, concept formation, and service delivery

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Soft Technology

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Describes how well the person is able to access and use device functionality

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Usability

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The action that is replaced or augmented by an assistive device, including communication, cognition, manipulation, and mobility

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Activity output

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A broad range of devices, services, strategies, and practices that are conceived and applied to ameliorate the problems faced by individuals who have disabilities

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Assistive technologies (ATs)

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The hardware (e.g., keyboard, joystick) by which the user operates an assistive technology system or controls a device

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Control interface

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The portion of a sensory device that detects data from the physical environment

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Environmental sensor

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Pervasive technology that facilitates everyday tasks and activities (e.g., remote controls, microwave ovens, mobile phones)

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Everyday technologies (ETs)

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The allocation of functions in any human/device system in which some functions are allocated to the human, some to the device, and some to the personal assistant services

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Function allocation

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Readily available components that can be purchased and assembled into assistive technology systems

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Hard technologies

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The portion of the assistive technology system with which the user interacts

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Human/technology interface (HTI)

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A communication device or application, including radio, television, mobile phones, computers and network hardware and software, satellite systems, and the services and applications associated with them

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs)

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Devices (and services) that are used by the general public rather than being designed specifically for people with disabilities. Examples include mobile phones, tablets, and computers

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Mainstream products

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Mechanical components comprising the processor in the assistive technology portion of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model

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Mechanisms

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Devices that are intended to be used in the community, typically battery powered, and lightweight

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Mobile technologies

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Component of an assistive technology device that translates inputs from the human and the environmental sensor into signals that are used to control the activity output

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Processor

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Are the human areas of decision making, strategies, training, concept formation, and service delivery

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Soft technologies

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The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design

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Universal design

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The portion of a device that portrays information for the human user

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User display

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The portion of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model that defines what the individual needs or wants to do when using assistive technology

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Activity

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An occupational therapy process that involves deconstructing an activity followed by an analysis of the affective, cognitive, physical, and sensory processes required for its completion and the environmental contexts that enable it

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Activity Analysis

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The components of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health that identify the physiological functions of body systems

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Body Structures and Functions

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Theoretical framework about well-being, development, and justice. It claims that the freedom to achieve well-being is of primary moral importance and is to be understood in terms of people’s capabilities, that is, their real opportunities to do and be what they have reason to value. It suggests that the simple provision of human rights is insufficient if the human does not have the opportunity to enact those rights

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Capability Theory

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Person’s potential optimal performance of an activity given favorable and supportive circumstances

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Capacity

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The portion of the human activity assistive technology (HAAT) model that describes the influence of physical, social, cultural, and institutional environments or contexts on the access to, service delivery, and use of assistive technology

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Contexts

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An occupation in which two or more people are involved that cannot be done by a single person alone, e.g., teaching is a co-occupation that involves a learner and a teacher engaging with each other in the occupation of learning

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Co-occupation

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The shared beliefs, practices, values, and meanings that influence acceptance and use of technology

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Cultural Context

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Person who displays a high degree of competence when using an assistive technology device and who is able to use the device in novel ways or across novel situations

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Expert

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The right to an education of every child with a disability; established under the United States Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

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Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

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Behaviors, usually physical but including mental, that are performed at a preconscious level as a result of experience and repetition (Christiansen, 2005)

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Habits

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A model guiding assistive technology research and development, service delivery, and outcome evaluation. It consists of four parts: (1) activity, (2) human, (3) context, and (4) assistive technologies

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Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) Model

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Written plan, mandated by law under the 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, outlining an individual’s vocational goal, and the services to be provided to reach the goal. It must include provision for acquisition of appropriate and necessary assistive technology devices and services

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Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

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Written plan, mandated by law under the 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, outlining an individual’s vocational goal, and the services to be provided to reach the goal. It must include provision for acquisition of appropriate and necessary assistive technology devices and services

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Individualized Plans for Employment

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Formal legal, legislative acts, and regulations; policies, practice, and procedures at other institutional levels such as educational, work, organizational, and community settings; and sociocultural institutions such as religious institutions

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Institutional Context

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Classification system developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for coding and classifying elements of the person, activity, and environment to describe the interaction of these elements with a health condition and their collective influence on functioning

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International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Impairment (ICF)

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Activities done for recreation, often involving a significant element of choice

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Leisure

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The time from birth to death; a lifespan approach considers both the commonalities and discrepancies that individuals experience at different ages and stages of life

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Lifespan

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Process of developing and using sufficient vocabulary to enable the use of a device, for example, use of a wheelchair requires linguistic competence related to concepts of direction and space

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Linguistic Competence

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Occurs when the needs of an individual or group for participation in needed or desired occupations are ignored or denied

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Marginalization

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Personal or collective perspective of an experience or situation. It is influenced by everyday experiences, transactions, and engagement with others (direct and indirect) and interaction with objects in the environment

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Meaning

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User who has little to no experience in the use of an assistive technology device

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Novice

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Everything that people do to look after themselves and others, to contribute to their community and society, and to have fun and relax

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Occupation

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How a person does an occupation. Occupational performance may be observable, as in the physical doing of an occupation, or not, as in the performance of mental operations

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Occupational Performance

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The affective component of occupational performance, describing the perception of the performance by the individual or group engaged in the occupation

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Occupational Satisfaction

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Skills required for the individual and his aides to use the basic features of the assistive technology device

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Operational Competence

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Involvement in a life situation

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Participation

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Describes what a person actually does

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Performance

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Physical attributes of the environment that enable, hinder or affect performance of daily activities with or without assistive technology

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Physical Context

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Commonly understood to be occupations involving work, volunteering, or other contributions to the community

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Productivity

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Any change to a job, the work environment, or the way things are usually done that does not impose an undue hardship and that allows an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform job functions, or enjoy equal access to benefits available to other individuals in the workplace

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Reasonable Accommodation

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A set of socially agreed upon (expectations), functions, or obligations that involve patterns, scripts, or codes of behavior, routines, habits, and occupation that a person assumes and which become part of that person’s social identity

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Roles

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Commonly considered to be occupations that include activities of daily living such as dressing, eating, and instrumental activities of daily living such as using transportation and banking

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Self-care

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The personal sense of how well
one can perform an activity in an anticipated situation

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Self-efficacy

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Individuals or groups in the environment who affect the performance of daily activities, either with or without assistive technology, directly or indirectly

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Social Context

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75
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Social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviors needed for successful use of assistive technology. For example, social competence is required when selecting vocabulary in an alternative and augmentative communication device

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Social Competence

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A mark of shame; an attribute that discredits the person who possesses it

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Stigma

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Skills in the use of strategies that maximize the effectiveness of the assistive technology system

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Strategic Competence

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A network-based connectivity in which every electronic device used on a regular basis has both computing power and is linked to other devices through local networks or the Internet

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Ambient Environment

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The right to self-determination and freedom from unnecessary constraints or interference without the loss of privacy

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Autonomy

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An ethical principle ensuring that actions lead to good results that benefit the others

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Beneficence

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Principles designed to guide the allocation of the benefits and burdens of economic activity

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Distributive Justice

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A formal code of conduct that guides behavior in different situations; includes professional codes of ethics

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Ethics

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The ethical principle that requires clinical practice in assistive technology is carried out with honesty, integrity, and trustworthy behavior

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Fidelity

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Process for getting permission before conducting an intervention. It includes two aspects: (1) not subjecting the individual to control by others without their explicit consent and (2) respectful interaction when presenting information, probing for understanding, and attempting to enable autonomous decision making

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Informed Consent

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Legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered

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Justice

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Nod no harm

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Nonmaleficence

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Being free from being observed or disturbed by other people

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Privacy

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The state of being protected or safe from harm

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Security

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Free choice of one’s own acts or states without external compulsion

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Self-Determination

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A mark of shame; an attribute that discredits the person who possesses it.

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Stigma

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It refers to monitoring an individual’s actions. It may occur in a living facility or in the broader community.

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Surveillance

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The action that is replaced or augmented by an assistive device, including communication, cognition, manipulation, and mobility

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Activity Output

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The affective aspects related to how a device looks

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Aesthetics

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A process through which information about the client is gathered and analyzed in a systematic manner with the purpose of identifying appropriate assistive technologies (hard and soft) and developing a plan for intervention

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Assessment

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The portion of the service delivery process in which the client’s sensory, physical, language, and cognitive skills and affect are assessed, as well as the client’s past experience with assistive technology and the contexts in which the assistive technology will be used

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Assessment Phase

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The degree to which the sensory and motor components of the human auditory system function

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Auditory Function

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Involvement of the client, the user of the assistive technology device and relevant others, in the service delivery process to identify and pursue client goals; to recognize the client and his subjective experiences as central to the service delivery process

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Client-Centered Practice

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The thinking process that guides the health care professional’s decision- making process. Four types of clinical reasoning have been identified: procedural, interactive, conditional, and narrative

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Clinical Reasoning

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Includes mental processes of orientation, attention, memory, and executive function

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Cognitive Skills

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The recognition of a need for assistive technology services that triggers a referral for services

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Criteria for Service

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A measurement in which the person’s own skill level when using an assistive technology system is used as the performance standard

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Criterion-Referenced Measurement

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The shared beliefs, practices, values, and meanings that influence acceptance and use of technology

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Cultural Context

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General properties of the hard technology portions of an assistive technology system

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Device Characteristics

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The portion of a sensory device that detects data from the physical environment

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Environmental Sensor

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The modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects (e.g., visual, auditory, or tactile); the output of the system that provides information to the user about the operation of the device

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Feedback

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Ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements

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Flexibility

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The portion of the service delivery process that determines whether the system as a whole is functioning effectively; usually occurs after a set length of time from an initial or ongoing evaluation

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Follow-Up

108
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Consists of standardized outcome measurements and systematic data collection processes that evaluate general function and the specific outcomes of assistive
technology use

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Formal Evaluation

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Monetary resources that are available for certain types of assistive technology.

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Funding

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The portion of the service delivery process in which the recommended technology is ordered, modified, and fabricated as necessary; set up; delivered to the client; and initial training takes place

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Implementation Phase

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A method of evaluating client’s needs by observation or interview

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Informal Evaluation

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Formal legal, legislative acts, and regulations; policies, practice, and procedures at other institutional levels such as educational, work, organizational, and community settings; and sociocultural institutions such as religious institutions

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Institutional Context

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The ability to successfully communicate using such tools as sequencing items, using symbol systems, combining language elements into complex thoughts, and using codes

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Language Skills

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The amount or size of a measurement; when considering force, magnitude is measured in Newtons, pounds or kilograms

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Magnitude

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The properties of the assistive technology device that allow it to be mounted or positioned so that the client has reliable access to it

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Mountability

116
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The portion of the assessment during which more detailed specification of the user’s assistive technology needs is made

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Needs Identification

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The ranking of the performance of the individual or system according to a sample of scores others have achieved on the task

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Norm-Referenced Measurements

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Measures used to evaluate the end result of the assistive technology intervention

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Outcome Measures

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Skills required for the individual and his aides to use the basic features of the assistive technology device

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Operational Competence

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A document or device containing information that an individual uses to assist in the completion of an activity

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Performance Aid

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Properties of the device that allow it to be mounted or positioned so that the client has reliable access to it, the portability of the device, the size and weight, and its aesthetics (appearance and color)

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Physical Construction

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Physical attributes of the environment that enable, hinder or affect performance of daily activities with or without assistive technology

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Physical Context

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Physical characteristics of an assistive device including, but not limited to, size and weight, texture, hardness, mountability, portability, and aesthetics

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Physical Properties

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The physical capacity and ability of an individual to perform an action; usually describes a motor behavior

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Physical Skill

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Measure of the degree to which a device can be moved from place to place

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Portability

126
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Measure of how accurately the assistive technology system performs the functions and how exactly it accomplishes its task

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Precision

127
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A measurement in which an indefinite amount or number is obtained

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Quantitative Measurement

128
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Assumes that each individual has a different experience and that it is important to provide the opportunity to capture that experience. There is no attempt to measure a particular construct. Rather, the purpose is to describe and understand the user’s experience with the technology. Qualitative assessments may include observation, either directly or by videotape, or interview with the client and others

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Qualitative Measurement

129
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(of an environmental sensor) Interval of the signal values for which it can be detected by the environmental sensor

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Range

130
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The portion of the assessment in which the client, or someone close to the client, has identified a need for which assistive technology intervention may be indicated and contacts an assistive technology practitioner. Basic information is gathered and a determination of the match between the services provided and the identified needs of the client is made. Funding is also identified and secured at this stage

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Referral and Intake

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An estimation of the consistency of a test when administered in different circumstances

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Reliability

132
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Performance of the human sensory systems, including hearing, vision, taste, tactile, somatosensory, olfaction, and vestibular

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Sensory Functions

133
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All facets of the process that starts with the identification of the client’s needs for assistive technology and culminates with the ongoing outcome evaluation of the use of acquired technology

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Service Delivery

134
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Individuals or groups in the environment who affect the performance of daily activities, either with or without assistive technology, directly or indirectly

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Social Context

135
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The perception and interpretation of information through touch, either via actively touching something or passively receiving touch

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Somatosensory or Tactile Function

136
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Skills in the use of strategies that maximize the effectiveness of the assistive technology system

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Strategic Competence

137
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A situation in which the person stops using a device even though the need for which the device has been obtained still exists

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Technology Abandonment

138
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(of an environmental sensor) The smallest signal that can be discerned from background noise by an environmental sensor

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Threshold

139
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Extent to which the results of a test permits appropriate inferences to be made about the client’s abilities, skills, and knowledge

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Validity

140
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The ability to translate visual signals into meaningful information

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Visual Skills

141
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The ability to give meaning to visual information

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Visual Perception

142
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An augmentative and alternative communication or computer access technique in which a shortened form of a word or phrase (the abbreviation) stands for the entire word or phrase (the expansion); abbreviations are automatically expanded by the device

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Abbreviation Expansion

143
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A method used for selection of an item in a scanning system that is based on the user’s pausing for a preset period, after which the entry is made

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Acceptance Time

144
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Items are presented continuously by the device at an adjustable rate, with selection of the choice made by activating a signal (e.g., pressing a switch) that stops the scan; entry is by an additional signal (e.g., pressing again the switch) or acceptance time

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Automatic Scanning

145
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A form of indirect selection in which the individual uses a distinct sequence of movements to input a code for each item in the selection set

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Coded Access

146
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The hardware (e.g., keyboard, joystick) by which the user operates an assistive technology system or controls a device

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Control Interface

147
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The body sites that can be used to control a device

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Control Sites

148
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Sound stored in electronic memory circuits for later retrieval

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Digital Recording

149
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An approach in which the individual is able to use the control interface to indiscriminately choose any of the items in the selection set

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Direct Selection

150
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An approach in which the user activates the control interface to select the direction of the scan, vertically or horizontally, and then sends a signal to stop at the desired choice; entry is by an additional signal or acceptance time

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Direct scanning

151
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An approach that is used to increase the rate of selection during scanning by grouping the selection set and allowing the user to first select a group and then the desired item in the group

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Group item scanning

152
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An approach in which there are intermediary steps involved in making a selection; includes scanning and coded access; typically the control interface used is a single switch or an array of switches

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Indirect selection

153
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An approach in which the scan is initiated by the individual activating and holding a signal (e.g., pressing and holding a switch), with selection of the desired item indicated by deactivating the signal (e.g., releasing the switch); entry is by an additional signal or acceptance time

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Inverse scanning

154
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An approach in which the selection set is organized in a linear (straight- line) format

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Linear scanning

155
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Aspects of speech that give it a human quality, generated by changes in amplitude, pitch, and duration

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Prosodic features

156
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Circular scanning; An approach in which the selection set is organized in a circular pattern

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Rotary scanning

157
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  • A form of group-item
    scanning in which the items are arranged in a matrix and the row is first selected by a signal activation (e.g., switch press), then the item is selected from that row by a second signal activation (e.g. second switch press); entry is by an additional signal or acceptance time
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Row/column scanning

158
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most common indirect selection method in which the selection set is presented by a display and is sequentially scanned by a cursor or light on the device, with the user selecting the desired choice by activating a signal (e.g., pressing a switch) when the choice is indicated by the display; entry is by an additional signal (e.g., switch press) or acceptance time

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Scanning

159
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Approaches allowing the user to make choices from the selection set; includes scanning, directed scanning, and coded access

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Selection methods

160
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The items available from which user choices are made; in augmentative and alternative communication devices, this is the component that presents the symbol system and possible vocabulary selections to the user

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Selection set

161
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The generation of human- sounding speech by use of electronic circuits and computer software

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Speech synthesis

162
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An approach in which the user activates a signal (e.g., presses a switch) once for each item to move through the choices in the selection set; entry is by an additional signal or acceptance time

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Step scanning

163
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Programs that analyze a word or sentence and translate it into the codes required by a speech synthesizer

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Text to speech programs

164
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A technique that displays stored words on the basis of the sequence of entered keys; the user selects the desired word (e.g., by entering the number listed next to the word) or continuing to enter letters if the desired word is not displayed

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Word completion

165
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A technique that displays stored words on the basis of previous words entered

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Word prediction

166
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A method used for selection of an item in a scanning system that is based on the user’s pausing for a preset period, after which the entry is made

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Acceptance time

167
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The effort, displacement, flexibility, and durability required to activate a control interface

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Activation characteristics

168
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The effort, displacement, flexibility, and durability required to deactivate (release) a control interface

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Deactivation Characteristics

169
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The set of assistive device functions available to the user

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Command domain

170
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Keyboard in which the letters and numbers are replaced with pictures, symbols, or words that represent the concepts being used or taught

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Concept Keyboards

171
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Aids and strategies that enhance or extend the physical control (range or resolution) a person has available to use a control interface

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Control Enhancers

172
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The hardware (e.g., keyboard, joystick) by which the user operates an assistive technology system or controls a device

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Control Interface

173
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An approach used when multiple devices are controlled and each has its own control interface

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Distributed Controls

174
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The number of independent inputs, or signals, generated by the control interface; inputs may be either discrete or continuous

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Input Domain

175
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An approach used when multiple devices are controlled with one control interface

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Integrated Controls

176
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Emulation method that uses a video image of the keyboard on the video screen, together with a cursor

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On screen keyboard

177
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Significantly reduced (or absent) muscle strength preventing the use of certain effectors

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Paralysis

178
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The maximal extent of movement possible in a joint

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ROM

179
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The smallest separation between two objects that the effector can reliably control

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Resolution

180
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Auditory, somato- sensory, and visual feedback produced during the activation of a control interface

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Sensory characteristics

181
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An addition to a keyboard that blocks out certain keys

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Shield

182
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The overall physical size (dimensions) and shape of the control interface, the number of targets available for activation, the size of each target, and the spacing between targets

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Spatial characteristics

183
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Accessibility options built into the Mac OSX operating system

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Accessibility (OSX)

184
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Programs that enable accessibility to devices

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Accessibility software

185
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A mobile phone operating system

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Android

186
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Software that enables a particular function or supports an activity on a computer, mobile phone, or tablet

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Application program

187
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A wireless standard for short-range communication between devices

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Bluetooth

188
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A type of control function used with electronic aids to daily living that results in successively greater or smaller degrees of output (e.g., closing the blinds, dimming the lights)

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Continuous input

189
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The hardware (e.g., keyboard, joystick) by which the user operates an assistive technology system or controls a device

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Control interface

190
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Accessibility options built into the Windows operating system

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Ease of access

191
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Advocacy initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Its vision is that, in our digital world, solutions shall be made available for human beings of all abilities and ages to equally benefit from information and communication technologies to learn, work, communicate, acquire information, socialize, transact, be safe and healthy, and fully participate in public life as citizens

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Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict)

192
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A communication device or application, including radio, television, mobile phones, computers and network hardware and software, satellite systems, and the services and applications associated with them

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

193
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A control interface containing an array of switches. Can be of varying sizes and shapes with the individual switches also varying in size and shape

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Keyboard

194
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Proprietary computer bus and power connector present in mobile devices manufactured by Apple, Inc.

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Lighting port

195
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The capability of an operating system to pause while running one software program to run another program

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Multitasking

196
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The operating system used by desktop computers manufactured by Apple, Inc.

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On-Screen Keyboards OSX

197
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An international coalition of individuals and organizations working to ensure that the Internet, and everything available through it, is accessible to people experiencing accessibility barriers due to disability, literacy, or age

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Raising the Floor (RtF)

198
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The characteristics of an emulator that are customized for an individual application and user

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Setup

199
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Interface required to connect switches and joysticks to a mainstream information and communication technology (ICT) device

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Switch Interface

200
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  • A control interface that allows selection by tapping, dragging, or other graphical movements (e.g., pinching or swiping)
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Touchscreen

201
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A serial bus standard to interface devices originally designed for computers but now commonplace on video game consoles, tablets, portable DVD and media players, mobile phones, televisions, home stereo equipment (e.g., mp3 players), car stereos, and portable memory devices

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USB port

202
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An operating system developed by Microsoft Corp used by computers from several manufacturers

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Windows

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