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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

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PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSISTIVE DEVICES
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES



Part Two:

Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on the
Indigenous Production and Distribution of Assistive Devices

Madras, India
5-14 September 1995




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UNITED NATIONS
New York, 1997


ST/ESCAP/1774

UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION
Sales No. E.98.II.F.7
Copyright © United Nations 1997
ISBN: 92-1-119775-9

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This publication has been issued without formal editing.


An appropriate mobility device means upliftment -physically and in dignity- from crawling at the level of other perple's feet.

CONTENTS


REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL WORKSHOP

  1. Organization of the meeting
    Attendance
  2. Opening of the meeting
    A. Election of officers
    B. Adoption of agenda
  3. Highlights of presentations and field visit observations
    A. Presentations
    B. Field visit observations
  4. Critical Issues
  5. Recommendations
    A. Definition of assistive devices
    B. Definitions of specific devices
    C. General principles concerning assistive devices 1
    D. Principles concerning specific devices
    E. General recommendations
    F. Recommendations concerning specific devices
  6. Adoption of the report
  7. Closing of the workshop

Annex I: FIELD VISIT NOTES

Annex II: INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES: SOME CRITICAL ISSUES



Country PAPERS

I. BANGLADESH

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance services
  5. Distribution
  6. Technical cooperation

II. BHUTAN

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production Capacity
  4. Repair and Maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation

III. CAMBODIA

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance services
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation

IV. CHINA

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Distribution, repair and maintenance
  5. Research and development
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation

V. FIJI

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance services
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional Support
  9. Technical cooperation

VI. INDIA

  1. Need for assistive devices
    Imports
  2. Policy
    Standards
  3. Production
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Institutional support
  8. Personnel
  9. Technical Cooperation
  10. Research and development

VII. INDONESIA

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Production
  3. Repair and maintenance
  4. Distribution
  5. Personnel

VIII. MALDIVES

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Repair and maintenance
  4. Distribution
  5. Personnel
  6. Technical cooperation

IX. MYANMAR

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical Cooperation

X. NEPAL

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Technical cooperation

XI. PAKISTAN

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Supply
    1. People with locomotor disabilities
    2. People with mental disabilities
    3. People with hearing impairments
    4. People with visual disabilities
  4. Technical cooperation

XII. PHILIPPINES

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation

XIII. REPUBLIC OF KOREA

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation

XIV. SRI LANKA

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Institutional support

XV. THAILAND

  1. Need for assistive devices and production capacity
  2. Policy
  3. Repair and maintenance
  4. Distribution
  5. Technology
  6. Personnel
  7. Institutional support
  8. Technical cooperation

XVI. VIET NAM

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and Maintenance
  5. Distribution

Annex: COUNTRY PAPER OUTLINE

  1. Need for assistive devices
  2. Policy
  3. Production capacity
  4. Repair and maintenance services
  5. Distribution
  6. Technology
  7. Personnel
  8. Institutional support
  9. Technical cooperation


Photo Credit

Credit Due Page Number
Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Savar, Bangladesh
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India
Antony Samy, WORTH Trust, Katpadi, India
San Yuenwah, Social Development Division, ESCAP
Cyril Siriwardene, Sri Lanka Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled
Yutaka Takamine, Social Development Division, ESCAP
U Thaung Shwe, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Myanmar
Yakkum Rehabilitation Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tsutomo Yamada

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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ST/ESCAP/1774

UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION
Sales No. E.98.II.F.7
Copyright © United Nations 1997
ISBN: 92-1-119775-9