Former editions published under title: Cook & Hussey's assistive technologies : principles and practice.

Principles of assistive technology -- Technologies that assist people who have disabilities -- Activity, human and context -- Global perspective on assistive technology -- Delivering assistive technology services to the client -- User input -- Control interfaces for assistive technologies -- Input accessibility for mainstream information and communication technologies -- Enabling function and participation with seating technologies -- Technologies that enable mobility -- Technologies that aid transportation -- Enabling manipulation with low-technology assistive devices -- Electronic aids to daily living -- Robotic assistive technologies that aid manipulation -- Sensory aids for persons with visual impairments -- Assistive technologies for cognitive augmentation -- Augmentative and alternative communication systems.