Assistive Technologies and Computers: How to Find a Perfect Match to Help People with Disabilities

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO, 2001) provides the term disability as a part of the multi-aspects of the interaction between the individual and social environmental context in which it operates. Therefore a disabled person is a person who has impairment, activity limitation or participation restriction. A person in this situation can present difficulties in occupational performance. It is necessary to develop a set of resources, technological or otherwise, to offset these difficulties, decrease the distance between exclusion and participation and contribute to the integration of people with functional diversity in society. These resources are called support products or technology support, but do not eliminate the deficits, they can eliminate the limitation of the performance of persons with disabilities. Thais Pousada IMEDIR, Spain Betania Groba University of A Coruña, Spain Laura Nieto University of A Coruña, Spain Javier Pereira University of A Coruña, Spain Alejandro Pazos University of A Coruña, Spain

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