Technology - Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday.
Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 June 2004
City of Melbourne - Victoria
Concurrent Sessions:
- Wheeled Mobility
- Seating
- AAC
- Consumer Perspective
- Education
- Internet
- Service Delivery
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Workshops/other
- Poster Presentations
Wheeled Mobility
- Best practice guidelines for prescribing assistive technology
- Dr Trish Wielandt
- Successful scanning for Powered Mobility: A Review
- Rachael McDonald & Colin Clayton
- Shoulder overuse injury and the use of power assist wheelchairs
- Jacinta Maurin
- Examining barriers: Powered wheelchair mobility for people with cognitive &/or sensory impairments
- Peta Hardy
- One control everywhere for everything: Preliminary trial with the WiseDX
- Sue Van De Loo & Ben Symonds
- Mobility - Today, tomorrow and everywhere
- Dr Lloyd Walker
- On 3 wheels everyday - meeting the criteria for remote Australian wheelchair users
- Stephen Hales
- The complex seating client: A case for discussion
- J. Schuringa & K. McGrath
- Spinal orthoses and seating
- Mehran Nikfarjam
- Lateral tilt in space - Innovative design for a unique problem
- Kevin Clements
Seating
- Efficacy of an adaptive seating system that uses a sacral pad and kneeblock ...
- Rachael McDonald
- Pressure management in custom moulded seating
- Jacinta Maurin
- Wheelchair seat design for transport
- Robert Bingham
- Differences in parents' and therapists' view of their children's adaptive seating
- Dr Rachael MacDonald
AAC
- Communication
- Mel Smith
- The Culture of AAC
- Meredith Allan
- Laptop voice communicators - Consumer and supplier experience
- Jacqui Rogers, Shane Kelly & James Dean
- My voice my technology
- Melinda Smith
- Telling Anecdotes using an anecdote book or electronic communication device
- Sophie Moore & Tamara Klein
- Switch & scanning users - Comparison of rate enhancement features
- E. Duncan, H. Panagopoulos, D. Harraway
- Dynamic display devices - navigation skills & alternative programming
- Diane Clarke
- Dynamic versus static display: Electronic communication devices
- Tracey Bode
- Mounting system for AAC - User evaluation of satisfaction
- George Xinos & Ania Ciechanowski
- Electronic communication devices scheme - snapshot of schools in Victoria
- Angela Klaniscek
- Why are speech generating devices returned?
- Angela Guidera & Cathy Olsson
Consumer Perspective
- The impact of computers on the employment of people with disabilites
- Graeme Smith
- Because we see ourselves working adaptive technology in the workplace
- Damien McCormack
- The highs and lows of living with technology
- Kim Appleton, Anh Tu, Karen van de Hoef & Vicki Humphries
Education
- Building inclusive schools for everyone, everywhere, everyday
- Hillary Epton
- Inclusion: The whos, the whys, the whens and the hows?
- Hillary Epton
- Benefits of information technology for people with complex or learning disabilites
- Lorraine Wiltshire, Davin Hibberd, Tracey Chaplin
- Participation at school: AT as fundamental to the educational program
- Jennifer Kidd, Peta Hardy, Cheryl Jones
- Developing AAC for language, literacy and social skills in a special school setting
- Katarina Kumarich & Clara Ri
- Supporting students using AT in an inclusive education framework
- Ruth Croser
- Functional seating solutions for Post-Primary students
- Andrew Webb
- Release the musician in your students with disabilities
- Barbara Landsberg, Brian Dillon & Ken Owen
Internet
- The Empower Project
- Siegfried Drews
- EIA: A review of usage in libraries
- Rob & Toni Seiler
- The "Reality" of online services
- Dietlind Schütte
- Building accessible websites for everyone
- Tim Ziersch & Annabel Gregory
Service Delivery
Technology
- Let's Dance
- Judith Geppert
- Creative arts use of adaptive technology
- Robert Petchell
- Assisting independence with "the latest and greatest" of technologies
- Rachael Schmidt, Cath Williams, Simone Caddy, Ron Smelters, Joanne Houston
- Matching person and technology assessment process and forms
- Dr Marcia Scherer
- Technology - Prescription, practicality & reality
- Krishen Pandita, Tony Van den Blink, Jane Clements & Gael Kelly
- The swings and roundabouts of integrated technology
- K. Fry, H. Smithers-Sheedy, R. Woods & S. Puffett
- Unlocking a person with Locked In Syndrome
- Vanessa Green & Belinda Armstrong
- Technology for people with Motor Neurone Disease
- Libby Price
- Adding more options to single switch scanning
- James Dean
Telecommunications
- Seniors and telecommunications access: Disability and disadvantage
- Owens & Kaye Smith
- Telecommunications options for people with physical disabilities
- Toan Nguyen & Rob Garrett
- Mobile phone access via an AAC device
- Rob Garrett & Toan Nguyen
Workshops/other
- Technologies supporting people with learning difficulties: The hidden disability
- Barbara Landsberg
- Inclusion! Practical ways to use available technology to enhance learning outcomes
- Hillary Epton
- Environment control solutions
- Annabel Gregory, Libby Price
- Alternative and integrated controls for powered wheelchairs
- Michael O'Leary, Colin Clayton, Brian Dillon
- An International perspective on rehabilitation engineering
- Mr David Hobbs
- The pressure is on - everyone, everywhere, everyday
- Emma Parry & Tania Strickett
Poster Presentations
Thursday 3rd June 2001
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
- Development of a rehabilitation service in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Katherine Harding & Leigh Taylor
- Barriers influencing orthotic provision in developing countries of South East Asia
- Ms Sarah Anderson
- Practical strategies for AAC resources
- Miss Esther Kennedy
- Orthotics training program for the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Miss Leigh Taylor
- Tactile guide system for visually impaired person
- Mr Osamu Sueda
- Incorporating literacy into a sensory environment
- Megan Tapley & Jeanette Evans
- Adapting mainstream technology for everyday use
- Sue Betheras & Andrew Webb
- Putting it all together: Home telephone solutions
- Ms Annabel Gregory
- Improved postural support for children/adults with Neuro-Muscular Disorders
- Betty Lohman & Lee Sims