Just thought I'd bring our latest paper to your attention.
FAST've looked at the potential for developing Self Care approaches in Assistive
Technology, proposed what we think are the key issues and also looked at some
existing models which could be used to develop self care programmes in AT.
The full paper (10 pages only) is available to download from the FAST website
(http://www.fastuk.org/)
I think there is an interesting debate to be had within
the AT community about sharing risk with users and the formal agreements that
probably need to be put in place to allow that more actively. I'm not sure also
how professionals feel about programmes to build the capacity of users to manage
high-tech EAT themselves more effectively and to gain technical skills /
capacity to manage all AT more actively. We've proposed developing training
programmes along similar lines to that currently being run by
Enable Ireland (which is a joint programme training users and practitioners
together) to support users to be competent to manage EAT .
Let me know your views (even if you think it's pie in the
sky when we don't currently have decent education / training for practitioners
most of the time!)
Cheers.
Keren
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Keren
Down
Director
Foundation for Assistive Technology - FAST
12 City
Forum
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London EC1V 8AF
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Why not go to the FAST website at http://www.fastuk.org to find out more about
FAST and how you can be involved.
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