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assistive technology, home design and modification Desleigh de Jonge B.Occ.Thy., M.Ph.(OccThy), Grad Cert Soc Sci (Health Practice) currently lectures in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland in assistive technology and environmental design. Her teaching and research interests centre around the way in which technology and environmental design can enable older people and people with disabilities to lead full lives. Desleigh’s interest in technology and home design has grown out of 26 years experience as an Occupational Therapist. During this time she has worked with consumers with a wide range of life goals and abilities. She has built on this valuable experience to develop curriculum related to the use of technology and the provision of home modification and design services. She has a national and international reputation in consumer-oriented analysis of assistive technologies, environmental design and home modifications. Her teaching and research is focused on interventions and outcome measures that recognise consumer priorities. She has presented at national and international conferences and published in national and international journals. She has recently published a book with Mosby (USA) on the use of assistive technology in the workplace and is about to published a text on home modification practice for occupational therapists with SLACK (USA). She is a member of the review panel for Disability and Rehabilitation, and the research review panel for the home modification information clearing house at University of New South Wales. Her current research projects include the impact of assistive technology and universal design on activities and participation, the aesthetic appeal of assistive devices and the economic value consumers place on it, the development of the activity card sort (young adult version) and outcome measures related to home modification and assistive technology interventions. She has recently completed an Australian Housing and Urban research Institute (AHURI) funded research project investigating the impact of home maintenance and modification services on ‘ageing in place’ and housing adjustments in later life and is an associate researcher with AHURI at The University of Queensland.
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