Handbook of Research on Personal Autonomy Technologies and Disability Informatics

Contributors mostly from computer science and electrical engineering, but also several medical fields explore technology designed to support people with functional diversity in daily life, education, work, and social participation. They cover assistive technology, rehabilitation engineering, Internet accessibility, computer access, and experiences and applications. Among the topics are nascent access technologies for people with severe motor impairments, transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool for neuro-rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease, catering for personal autonomy with electronic monitoring supported by recommendations, direct brain-computer technologies, and experiences using information and communications technologies with elderly people. ...

This book is addressed to people who are related to support technologies and the promotion of the personal autonomy of persons with functional diversity. Professional experts, students, and teachers will be able to extend their knowledge on this matter by receiving a general vision on the latest advances in research and learning from the experiences of people who believe in the power of new technologies to raise the level of independence and autonomy of the disabled to their highest level.