4205.0 Social participation, environment and disability

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session includes topics related to community participation and the health of persons with disabilities. The first presenter reports the elements of community living that people with developmental disabilities find to be critical. The second presenter describes the development of assistive devices for persons with physical disabilities by industrial design students. The third and the fourth presenters discuss the home and neighborhood environment surrounding children and adults with disabilities.
Session Objectives: Explain how the environment factor impacts health of persons with disabilities in the community.
Organizer:
Kiyoshi Yamaki, PhD
Moderator:
Vincent Campbell, PhD

12:30pm
Welcoming Remarks
12:35pm
Personal and environmental influences on the community participation by people with mobility, visual and hearing impairments and limitations
David Gray, PHD, Jessica Dashner, OTD OTR/L, Lisa Garrett, BA and Holly H. Hollingsworth, PhD
     
12:53pm
EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Participatory Design Using Micro-Controllers
Elaine J. Yuen, PhD and Michael McAllister, Master Industrial Design (MID)
     
  
1:11pm
Participation in the home environment among children with and without disabilities
Mary Khetani, ScD, Mary Law, PhD, Dana Anaby, PhD, Rachel Teplicky, MSc, Wendy Coster, PhD and Gary Bedell, PhD
     
1:29pm
Concluding Remarks

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Aging & Public Health, Socialist Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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