Living In The State Of Stuck
How Assistive Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities - 3rd Edition
by Marcia J. Scherer
February 2000
ISBN 1-57129-079-6 $24.95
Assistive technology is radically changing the lives of people with disabilities.
Here, Dr. Scherer sets the background for this radical transformation and discusses the
implications of assistive technology for the lives of those born disabled, or who become
disabled later in life. In the author's own words, "this book shows, how, paradoxically,
the more technology became available and the more free from limitations individuals became,
the more stuck they seemed."
A severe disability no longer need prevent a person from attaining the same educational,
personal, and career goals as other adults. Scherer details assistive devices that enhance
the quality of their lives, mobility, speech, and ability to work. But while these devices
may enhance independence, Scherer explains how friends and relatives can better understand
the personal issues and needs that arise from living with a disability and 'needing' these
devices. This is a unique, well-researched account that will help anyone - disabled or not
- deal with the physical and emotional aspects of adjusting to a life with assistive
technology.
Marcia J. Scherer, Ph.D., CRC, is on the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the
deaf at Rochester Institute for Technology. She is the co-editor of two books, Psychological Assessment in
Medical Rehabilitation and Evaluating, Selecting and using Appropriate Assistive Technology.
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