The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation - Couverture souple

National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine; Health And Medicine Division; Board On Health Care Services; Committee On The Use Of Selected Assistive Products And Technologies In Eliminating Or Reducing The Effects Of Impairments

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 030945784X ISBN 13 : 9780309457842

Editeur : National Academies Press, 2017

Synopsis

The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that 56.7 million Americans had some type of disability in 2010, which represents 18.7 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population included in the 2010 Survey of Income and Program Participation. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. As of December 2015, approximately 11 million individuals were SSDI beneficiaries, and about 8 million were SSI beneficiaries.

SSA currently considers assistive devices in the nonmedical and medical areas of its program guidelines. During determinations of substantial gainful activity and income eligibility for SSI benefits, the reasonable cost of items, devices, or services applicants need to enable them to work with their impairment is subtracted from eligible earnings, even if those items or services are used for activities of daily living in addition to work. In addition, SSA considers assistive devices in its medical disability determination process and assessment of work capacity.

The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation provides an analysis of selected assistive products and technologies, including wheeled and seated mobility devices, upper-extremity prostheses, and products and technologies selected by the committee that pertain to hearing and to communication and speech in adults.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 030945784X
• ISBN 13: 9780309457842
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 502
• Éditeur: Flaubert Jennifer Lalitha, Spicer Carol Mason, Jette Alan M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne