title: Assistive/rehabilitation technology, disability, and service delivery models.
abstract: The United Nation's Millennium Development Goals do not explicitly articulate a focus on disability; similar failures in the past resulted in research, policy, and practice that are not generalizable and did not meet the needs of persons with disabilities since they were developed for an "average" population. Academics and professionals in health and other disciplines should have a knowledge base in evidence-based practices that improve well-being and participation of people with disabilities through effective service delivery of assistive technology. Grounded by a theoretical framework that incorporates a multivariate perspective of disability that is acknowledged in the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, we present a review of models of assistive technology service delivery and call for future syntheses of the fragmented evidence base that would permit a comparative effectiveness approach to evaluation.
authors: Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, 900 S. Crouse Avenue Crouse-Hinds Hall, Suite 300, Syracuse, New York 13244-2130, USA madya@law.syr.edu
authors: Meera
authors: M
authors: Adya
authors: Deepti
authors: D
authors: Samant
authors: Marcia J
authors: MJ
authors: Scherer
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Killeen
authors: Michael W
authors: MW
authors: Morris
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D014480:United Nations; D014944:World Health Organization