Twelve years ago, almost to the day, I wrote the introduction to the first special issue on assistive technology for Disability and Rehabilitation [1]. Then nine years ago almost to the day, the first issue of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology was published as a stand-alone journal.In the introduction to the special issue back in 2002, I emphasized our global move from societies emphasizing mass population problems that favored people over person (such as the containment of contagious diseases and the implementation of public education) to a focus on the person and individual.
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