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technical aid column, Figure 1.2) and subjective (the user's actions column, Figure 1.2),
or rather between the objective and subjective functioning measurements. The features
of this dynamic, within the assessment process, tie professionals of rehabilitation to
finding solutions that take into consideration the social and cultural context of an
individual.
1.6 Conclusions
An ATA model is needed and proposed in this chapter that is consistent with the ICF in that
it emphasizes the individual's well-being and the best match between the user/client and
the assistive solution. This requires a user-driven process through which the selection of
one or more technological aids for an assistive solution is facilitated by the comprehensive
use of clinical measures, functional analysis, and psycho-socio-environmental evaluations.
Summary of the Chapter
This chapter discusses the biopsychosocial model as operationalized by the WHO's
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the 2002 AAMR Definition, Classification, and System
of Supports , and most recently the World Report on Disability . A move from the medical to
social view of disability requires that assistive technology professionals view disability as
existing within a cultural, political, and economic milieu. International models of assistive
technology service delivery are reviewed and the need for enhanced assessment of the
person with a disability's functioning is highlighted in order to achieve a good match of
person and technology.
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