Using everyday technology to compensate for difficulties in task performance in daily life: experiences in persons with acquired brain injury and their significant others.
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to illuminate how persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) and their significant others experienced individualised occupation-based interventions using commonly available everyday technology (ET) to compensate for perceived difficulties with performance of tasks...
| Publicado en: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 402 - 412 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2011
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