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Part I. The user's experience. Better than new! : ethics for assistive technologists / Anita Silvers -- The myth of neutral technology / Jan Miller Polgar -- Accessible technology and models of disability / Richard E. Ladner -- The importance of play : AT for children with disability / Albert M. Cook and Kim Adams -- Need- and task-based design and evaluation / Albert M. Cook, Jan Miller Polgar, and Nigel J. Livingston -- Part II. Research and academic outreach. Challenges to effective evaluation of assistive technology / Richard Simpson -- Community service in university curricula / Nigel J. Livingston -- Providing innovative engineering solutions between academia and industry / Brian E. Lewis and Yoky Matsuoka -- Case study : an assistive technology ethics survey / Peter A. Danielson, Holly Longstaff, Rana Ahmad, H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, Ian M. Mitchell, and Meedo M.K. Oishi