Connecting People and Community Through Technology
- Conference sessions
- Workshops and posters
Key speakers
- AT: Where have we been and where are we likely to go?
- Dr Albert Cook
- Advances and opportunities in wheeled mobility
- Dr Rory Cooper
- Sensors for support networks
- Prof Martin Ferguson-Pell
Augmented and alternative communication
- Teaching reusable vocabulary in academic settings
- Bruce Baker
- Core vocabulary in a mainstream second grade
- Bruce Baker
- Using AAC to develop emotions and problem solving skills
- Dolly Bhargava and Ylana Bloom
- Using Dynavox speech devices to support teaching literacy
- Jane Farrall
- Using VS (Viking) Communicator Pro for computer control and communication
- Jane Farrall
- Global Symbol Institute: Software on-line and on-demand
- Annabel Gregory
- Mobile phones - Communicating with the environment and the world
- Annabel Gregory
- PASS software for supporting Prentke Romich communication devices
- Angela Guidera
- Pathfinder Plus and Productivity Bundle
- Angela Guidera
- Start Me Up - Getting started with AAC technology
- Angela Guidera
- The Transitioning Toolkit for SpringBoard, Vanguard and Vantage
- Angela Guidera
- Using mainstream technology for AAC
- Angela Guidera
- Review of the 2005 Accessible telecommunications Road Show
- David Hobbs and Toan Nguyen
- Signed language public relations magazine over mobile networks
- Kazuo Kamata, Yuki Matsumoto, Yutaka Yano, Liang Zhao, Hideo Yamamoto
- Using switch technology to connect children with severe disability to their environment
- Lois Moir
- Trial use of videos/DVDs in providing support for electronic communication devices
- Sophie Moore
- Trial of a mobile phone interface system for communication devices
- Toan Nguyen and Rob Garrett
- How people learn to support technology
- Sue Owen
- Mix and Match: Introducing new technology into a classroom
- Sue Owen
Assessment
- Individually prioritised problem assessment
- Liza Maclean and Katherine Young
- Who gets what and why? Measuring outcomes of assistive technology trials
- Liza Maclean and Katherine Young
Computer applications
- Investigating the psychosocial impact of AT for computer and internet access
- Ania Ciechanowski
- Shane's Computer Mk 2
- James Dean
Education
- M-Cas: Collaborative human and technological solutions for education
- Jennifer Bainbridge, Trish Edmonds and Kylie Sait
- ComTEC Gippsland Education Project
- Ed Duncan and Ania Ciechanowski
- Different solutions for students to access the mainstream curriculum
- Hillary Epton
- Switch Buddies
- Jennifer Kidd, Sue Cook and Claire Newell
- ReadOn - Positive outcomes for students with reading difficulties
- Jane Mangano
- Digital portfolios for students with disabilities
- Jeff Souter
- Using portable technologies to support students with disabilities
- Jeff Souter
Employment and accommodation
- YarraMe houses
- James Dean
Environmental control
- Access to lifts for spinal patients in a public hospital
- James Dean
- Information on accessibility features for telephone equipment
- Rob Garrett, NovitaTech and Gunela Astbrink, Tedicore
- Connecting people with the environment
- David Hobbs, Travis Bessell, Matthew Randell and Greg Knowles
Human perspectives
- Assistive technology and universal design
- Jane Bringolf
- "Don't tell me that I'm getting older and more frail!"
- Cathy Caust
- Dealing with obesity, bariatric technology and avoiding being sued
- Bill Contoyannis
- Putting technology to work: Connecting people to the community through work
- Desleigh de Jonge, Dr Marcia Scherer, Dr Sylvia Rodger
- Can an electronic bidet improve independence or quality of life for a person with a disability?
- Cheryl Jones
- Motors replacing muscles: Are we helping?
- Katrina McGrath and Joyce Schuringa
- Getting consumer input and AT assessment results quickly and easily
- Marcia Scherer and John Scherer
- Making the connection between the person with a disability, the community and the technology
- Lorraine Wiltshire
Prosthetics and orthotics
- Review of positioning systems used in group homes
- Yvonne de Vries and Kristine Campagna
Research and development
- Enabled Cyber Games
- Woon Yee Chia
- Exploring 'access': Factors, definition and theory
- Janet Owens
- Children's use of manual mobility - Pilot study
- Lloyd Walker and David Hobbs
- Testing times for assistive mechanical technology
- Lloyd Walker and Alex Svistounov
Service delivery and government policy
- Use of TeleHealth in the delivery of clinical services in assistive technology in Northern Alberta
- C Beliveau, A Cook and K Adams
- Forming an accessable coalition
- Nigel Duckett
- The state of funding schemes providing assistive technology in Australia
- Gilbert Logan
- Videoconferencing and fibre optics - a new frontier
- Sacha Penrose
- Roma district Virtual Support Project
- Leanne Rawlings
Transport
- Carrying kids and their wheelchairs - Parents perceptions
- Lloyd Walker, Hugh Stewart, Chris Hern, Merry Frogley and Louise DuBois
Wheeled mobility and seating
- A device to measure vertical centre of mass of a wheelchair and occupant
- Ben Ash, Robert Bingham, Peter Kolb and Assoc. Prof. Brett Kirk
- Power supply systems for respiratory assist device dependent wheelchair users
- Robert Bingham and Peter Kolb
- Development of a wheelchair mounted urinary toileting device for a client with complete amelia
- Robert Bingham
- THE 'MAC' and 'Mini MAC': New tools for better seating assessment, prescription and production
- Julie Bolton and Sue McCabe
- Wheelchair options for aboriginal people with disabilities in rural and remote communities
- Carol Burns
- Philosophy and approach towards powered mobility
- Natalie Carden, Kerrie Potgieter and Rachelle Woods
- Advances and opportunities in wheeled mobility
- Rory Cooper
- Keep the wheels rolling, with a mobile clinical van
- Ken Dewhirst
- Promoting community participation with reliable wheelchair performance
- Shirley Fitzgerald
- Pressure mapping in seating: Effectiveness of materials and design
- Lorraine Johnson, Anne Pearce, Marie Blackmore and Kelly Smith
- From a distance: The use of teleconferencing in seating training
- Penny Knudson
- Keeping your cool in moulded seating
- Penny Knudson
- Custom moulded seating and temperature regulation
- Catherine Kos, Peter Chapple, Gail Shepherd and Neil Harris
- Stand up and play: Accessible golfing
- Jacinta Maurin
- The role of heat and moisture in pressure care
- Jacinta Maurin
- Custom contoured offset seating system
- Anne Pearce and Andrea Williams
- What are seating clinicians thinking?
- Rachael Schmidt
Workshops
- AAC evidence-based practice: Getting results with autism and cognitive disability
- Katya Hill
- New developments in environmental control and telecommunications
- Annabel Gregory and Toan Nguyen
- Electric wheelchair control systems demystified
- Barry Haynes and Emanuel Manolios
- Biomechanics of protecting and restoring chest shape
- John and Liz Goldsmith
- Postural care skills programme
- John and Liz Goldsmith
- Thematic resources for inclusion settings
- Alison Jarred
- Classroom participation through technology
- Nadja Roelofs
- The bean bag moulding technique
- Penny Knudson
Poster presentations
- Macquarie Customised Accessibility Services
- Jennifer Bainbridge, Trish Edmonds and Kylie Sait
- Measuring AAC communication performance
- Barry Romich
- Developing augmentative and alternative communication skills …
- Annie Sillitoe and Kylie Gough
- Time To Talk Camp
- Joëlle Zdravic and Sue Ash
- Older people's perspectives on using personal alarms
- Kristen De San Miguel
- TADWA helping people go "off the beaten track"
- Graeme Dargie
- Motorcycling freedom: A paraplegics dream
- Darren Lomman
- Collaborating to help the DisAbled Recreation Club
- Darren Lomman
- Book and document holders
- Fiona Still and Sue Betheras
- Computer assistive technology services
- Wendy Katalinic, Kathy Prasad, Kim Smith
- The "Black Box" - A powered wheelchair usage monitor
- Peter Kolb and Robert Bingham
- Electric scooters - Mobility aid or connecting people
- Krishen Pandita and Jane Clements
- Astride chairs - evolution of a product
- Andrew Webb and Sue Betheras