Health and Medical Guide to Surgery and Rehabilitation Assistive Devices Health information topics about Assistive Devices: Children 1. Welcome To...We Can Play! Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/resources/wcp/endefault.html 2. Caring for a Child Dependent on Medical Technology Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/machine.html 3. Assistive Technology in K-12 Schools Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/resources/atk12/default.html 4. Assistive Technology and Your Child Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/assistive_tech.html Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Assistive Technology Glossary Family Center on Technology and Disability http://www.fctd.info/resources/glossary.php Directories 1. Products: Activities of Daily Living University of Pittsburgh http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Products/adldev.html 2. ABLEDATA: Get Product Info National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327§ionid=19327 3. Assistive Technology Products for Farmers/Ranchers Dept. of Agriculture http://www.agrabilityproject.org/search/index.cfm 4. Guide to Low-Cost / No-Cost Online Tools for Peopl Access Board http://www.ataccess.org/resources/lowcostnocost.html 5. Assistive Technology Connections: State Contact Li Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America http://www.resna.org/taproject/at/statecontacts.html Organizations 1. Access Board http://www.access-board.gov/ 2. Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/ 3. Assistivetech.net Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access http://www.assistivetech.net/ 4. Family Center on Technology and Disability http://www.fctd.info/ 5. National Center on Physical Activity and Disabilit http://www.ncpad.org/ 6. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communica http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/ 7. AgrAbility Project Dept. of Agriculture http://www.agrabilityproject.org/ Overviews 1. Assistive Technology: Frequently Asked Questions Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/resources/fpic/faq/default.html 2. Assistive Technology: What You Need to Know Alliance for Technology Access http://www.ataccess.org/resources/fpic/whaten.html Related Issues 1. What Are Assistive Listening Devices or " American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm 2. Make Sure the Medical Device You Choose Is Designe Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/humfac/you_choose_checklist.html 3. Home Healthcare Medical Devices: A Checklist Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/CDRHHHC/brochure-checklist.html 4. Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions fo Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/dtffaq.html 5. Buying Medical Devices Online Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/buyingmeddevonline.html 6. Assistive Devices for the Home: Tools and Tips to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00028 Research 1. NIDRR's Long Range Plan - Technology for Acce National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research http://www.ncddr.org/rpp/techaf/lrp_ov.html Statistics 1. Assistive Technology Survey Results: Continued Ben National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research http://www.ncddr.org/du/researchexchange/v07n01/atpaper/ATpaper.pdf Teenagers 1. 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