Research Centre for Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Feb;91(13 Suppl 1):S55-61. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31823d4ee6.
People with disabilities are entitled to access assistive technology (AT) to facilitate their full and effective participation in society and may reasonably expect to be central to the decision-making processes of services that provide these technologies. European projects have improved the knowledge and resources available for AT service delivery in many countries, but the outputs are not consistently implemented or published in scientific literature. This article examines European developments in AT service delivery and the barriers to its effective provision. Specifically, it analyzes the role of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in service delivery improvement.
Published scientific papers, as well as reports from and descriptions of European projects related to AT service delivery, were reviewed. The publications were analyzed in relation to six criteria for AT service delivery described in an earlier, major European project. The findings and recommendations from the publications are synthesized in this article to identify advances and gaps in AT service delivery and to assess the current status and direction of AT service delivery improvement in Europe.
Multicountry projects have brought together AT researchers from across Europe to work together and produced promising results that are contextually relevant. Access to AT information and training of practitioners has improved, and efforts are being made to facilitate user involvement.
More effort should be put into integrating research and resources from European projects into practice. Use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health model and terminology may support coordination of service delivery systems. The AT research and practice communities in Europe may be able to learn from developments in North America, while continuing to work together, sharing resources and strategies, and communicating results internationally.
残疾人有权获得辅助技术（AT），以促进他们充分有效地参与社会，并合理期望成为提供这些技术的服务决策过程的核心。欧洲项目已经提高了许多国家提供辅助技术服务的知识和资源，但这些成果并没有在科学文献中得到一致的实施或发表。本文探讨了欧洲在辅助技术服务提供方面的发展以及其有效提供的障碍。具体来说，它分析了国际功能、残疾和健康分类在服务提供改进中的作用。
审查了有关辅助技术服务提供的已发表的科学论文以及来自欧洲项目的报告和描述。根据之前的一个主要欧洲项目中描述的辅助技术服务提供的六个标准，对出版物进行了分析。本文综合了这些出版物的发现和建议，以确定辅助技术服务提供方面的进展和差距，并评估欧洲辅助技术服务提供改进的现状和方向。
多国项目汇集了来自欧洲各地的辅助技术研究人员共同努力，并取得了有前途的结果，这些结果与背景相关。辅助技术信息的获取和从业人员的培训得到了改善，并且正在努力促进用户的参与。
应更加努力地将欧洲项目的研究和资源整合到实践中。国际功能、残疾和健康分类模型和术语的使用可能有助于协调服务提供系统。欧洲的辅助技术研究和实践社区可以从北美取得的发展中学习，同时继续共同努力，共享资源和战略，并在国际上交流成果。
