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Volume 20, 2008 - Issue 3: Disability Policy and Law
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APPLIED RESEARCH

Wireless Technologies and Accessibility for People With Disabilities: Findings From a Policy Research Instrument

Paul M. A. Baker PhD and AICP Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC), Center for Advanced Communications Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Nathan W. Moon MS and MA Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC), Center for Advanced Communications Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Pages 149-156 | Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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Susan Koch Fager & Judith M. Burnfield. (2014) Patients' experiences with technology during inpatient rehabilitation: opportunities to support independence and therapeutic engagement. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 9:2, pages 121-127.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh, Vanessa A. Green, Doretta Oliva, Francesca Campodonico, Russell Lang & Serafino Buono. (2013) Technology-aided programs to support exercise of adaptive head responses or leg-foot and hands responses in children with multiple disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 16:4, pages 237-244.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Domenico Bellini, Doretta Oliva, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O'Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos & Russell Lang. (2012) Two persons with multiple disabilities use camera-based microswitch technology to control stimulation with small mouth and eyelid responses. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 37:4, pages 337-342.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O’Reilly, Vanessa Green, Doretta Oliva, Francesca Buonocunto, Valentina Sacco, Emma M. Biancardi & Santo Di Nuovo. (2012) Technology-based programs to support forms of leisure engagement and communication for persons with multiple disabilities: Two single-case studies. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 15:3, pages 209-218.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh, Vanessa A. Green, Doretta Oliva, Francesca Buonocunto, Fabio Colonna & Jorge Navarro. (2012) Special text messaging communication systems for persons with multiple disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 15:1, pages 31-38.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh & Doretta Oliva. (2011) Enabling two women with blindness and additional disabilities to make phone calls independently via a computer-aided telephone system. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 14:5, pages 283-289.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Domenico Bellini, Doretta Oliva, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O’reilly, Russell Lang, Robert Didden & Andrea Bosco. (2011) Persons with multiple disabilities select environmental stimuli through a smile response monitored via camera-based technology. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 14:5, pages 267-273.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O'reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Claudia De Pace, Claudia Chiapparino, Irene Ricci, Jorge Navarro, Luigi M. Addante & Antonella Spica. (2011) Technology-assisted programmes to promote leisure engagement in persons with acquired brain injury and profound multiple disabilities: two case studies. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6:5, pages 412-419.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O’Reilly, Gloria Alberti, Francesca Scigliuzzo & Doretta Oliva. (2011) Promoting mouth drying to reduce the effects of drooling in a woman with multiple disabilities: A new evaluation of microswitch-programme conditions. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 14:3, pages 185-190.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh, Doretta Oliva, Francesca Buonocunto & Marta Olivetti Belardinelli. (2011) Technology-assisted writing opportunities for a man emerged from a minimally conscious state and affected by extensive motor disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 14:2, pages 123-127.
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G. Lancioni, M. O'reilly, N. Singh, J. Sigafoos, D. Oliva, A. Smaldone, M. La Martire, J. Navarro, A. Spica & M. Chirico. (2011) Technology-assisted programs for promoting leisure or communication engagement in two persons with pervasive motor or multiple disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6:2, pages 108-114.
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Giulio Lancioni, Mark O’Reilly, Nirbhay Singh, Francesca Buonocunto, Valentina Sacco, Fabio Colonna, Jorge Navarro, Doretta Oliva & Marisa Megna. (2011) Technology-assisted messaging opportunities for two persons emerged from a minimally conscious state and showing extensive motor disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 14:1, pages 8-14.
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Giulio Lancioni, Nirbhay Singh, Mark O’Reilly, Mario Signorino, Gloria Alberti, Francesca Scigliuzzo & Doretta Oliva. (2010) Adapting a computer-assisted program to help a post-coma man with extensive multiple disabilities choose stimulus events. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 13:6, pages 433-439.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Mario Signorino, Doretta Oliva, Gloria Alberti, Luigina Carrella & Marina de Tommaso. (2010) A special messaging technology for two persons with acquired brain injury and multiple disabilities. Brain Injury 24:10, pages 1236-1243.
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Giulio Lancioni, Mark O’Reilly, Nirbhay Singh, Doretta Oliva, Fiora D’Amico, Gianfranco Megna, Francesca Buonocunto & Valentina Sacco. (2010) A technology-based programme to help a post-coma man with profound multiple disabilities manage stimulation access and posture improvement. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 13:3, pages 212-216.
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Giulio E. Lancioni, Mark F. O’Reilly, Nirbhay N. Singh, Francesca Buonocunto, Valentina Sacco, Fabio Colonna, Jorge Navarro, Doretta Oliva, Gianfranco Megna & Andrea Bosco. (2009) Technology-based intervention options for post-coma persons with minimally conscious state and pervasive motor disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 12:1, pages 24-31.
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