New International References on Technology
Following are current international reports and journals and announcements of new publications on technology and disability, which were on display at the 2001 RESNA Conference in Reno, Nevada in June.
Technology & Disability is a quarterly journal with an international board; editors based at iRv Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Dr.ir. M. Soede, P.O. Box 192, 6430 AD Hoesnbroek, The Netherlands. It is the official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE). Subscription price US$267 including postage. Information on the web: www.iospress.nl
Aims & scope: to communicate knowledge about the field of assistive technology devices and services, within the context of the lives and end-users: persons with disabilities and their families. While the topics are technical in nature, articles are written for broad comprehension despite the reader's education or training.
Disability & Rehabilitation, an international, multidisciplinary journal, will have a special issue on Assistive Technology in Fall 2001. The official journal of the International Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, it is published by Taylor & Francis. More information on the web: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/09638288.html
Assistive Technology, the journal of the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), is published twice a year. National office: RESNA, 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1540, Arlington, VA 22209-1903 USA; fax 703 524 6630. Subscription costs are: US & Canada, Individual $65, Institutional $75; other international, Individual $80, Institutional $90.
Aims & scope: journal seeks to foster communication among researchers, developers, clinicians, educators, consumers and others working in all aspects of the assistive technology arena. Articles cover following categories: applied/clinical research, review, perspective, practical notes, case studies and design. Also includes abstracts of recent literature and book reviews.
Supplement to the 15th Japanese Conference on the Advancement of Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology (JCAART), held in 2000 in Tokushima, Japan. This 74 page supplement to the JCAART conference documents an international meeting of assistive technology organizations based in Asia, Europe and North America that have agreed to collaborate in the future to strengthen the international network in this field. The document consists of the Tokushima Agreement and several in-depth articles by representatives of the participating organizations: RESNA, the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE), the Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association (ARATA), and the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of Japan (RESJA).
The articles contain excellent up to date overviews of assistive technology policies and activities in Japan (by Osamu Sueda, Yukiko Araki, & Hiroshi Shiode); the USA (by William Peterson); Australia (by Barry Seeger); and in Europe (by Christian Buhler). Published in June 2001, details available from Osamu Sueda, Ph.D., President, Rehabilitation Engineering Society of Japan (RESJA), via fax 81 88 611 1734 or email: o.sueda@eco.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Assistive Technology: Matching Device and Consumer for Successful Rehabilitation, edited by Marcia J. Scherer, new book to be available in November 2001. Approximately 425 pages, published by the American Psychological Association, to be priced at $39.95 plus shipping. Details via fax 202 336 5502, email order@apa.org or on the web www.apa.org/books
Aims & scope: contributing authors explore ways that helping professionals can collaborate with users of assistive technology to ensure they get the most out of these devices. The volume of 15 articles underscores the shift from a medical model to a social model of technology delivery by emphasizing the ways in which the devices can assist community living.
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