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This paper demonstrates how information from existing instruments can be linked within a new framework and tool for AT selection, using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). A case study is presented to illustrate how this might work in practice, and describes the steps followed by practitioners using the tool and gathering assessment data through links to existing instruments. The potential added value of using the ICF in AT service delivery is discussed, and planned developments for the tool outlined.
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Steel, E., Gelderblom, G.J., de Witte, L. (2010). Linking Instruments and Documenting Decisions in Service Delivery Guided by an ICF-Based Tool for Assistive Technology Selection. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_86
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