Online Continuing Education Courses

Technologies that Aid Manipulation and Control of the Environment

• List functional manipulative tasks that can be aided by assistive technologies
• Describe the different ways manipulation aids are designed to enable manipulation
• List the features and design properties of electronic page turners
• List the functions carried out by electronic aids to daily living
• Describe the different ways that electronic aids to daily living are connected to the devices they control
• Describe the basic components of electronic aids to daily living and how they are implemented
• Discuss the uses of robotic devices in aiding manipulation by persons with disabilities
• Describe an assessment process to identify appropriate manipulation aids