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Adapting Work Sites for Disabled Persons Using Advanced Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Thomas Malmsborg
Affiliation:
TeleNova, Stockholm

Abstarct

This paper describes the technical approach in the TUFFA (Technology Procurement for Disabled in Working Life) project and a model for cooperating areas of competence based on a holistic view of the individual's abilities, the environmental conditions at the work site, and technical solutions.

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Special Section: Technology and Disability
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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