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Innovative Approaches to Promote Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy in the Community

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Given the key role of mobility in life, it is no surprise that community mobility is recognized as a civil right if not a human right. This chapter introduces several key issues and foundational fields of community mobility as well as specific approach examples. The focus is on how innovative community mobility approaches emerge from an embrace of the realities of community mobility in combination with strong theoretical and empirical research fields. Putting these principles and methods into action could reduce the mobility restrictions experienced by individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) and create more inclusive communities. Two innovative examples outline how assistive technology and rehabilitative technology roles can be combined to impact impairments, functional activities, and user participation in the real world. Lastly, the chapter ends with three general principles on the where, who, and how of design and study for high-impact community mobility programs.

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  1. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    James C. (Cole) Galloway

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    James C. (Cole) Galloway

  3. Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    James C. (Cole) Galloway

  4. Biomechanics and Movement Science Graduate Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    James C. (Cole) Galloway

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  1. Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Freeman Miller

  2. Cerebral Palsy Program, AI DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Steven Bachrach

  3. AI DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Nancy Lennon

  4. Drexel University, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA

    Margaret O'Neil

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  1. AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Nancy Lennon

  2. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Margaret E. O’Neil

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(Cole) Galloway, J.C. (2019). Innovative Approaches to Promote Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy in the Community. In: Miller, F., Bachrach, S., Lennon, N., O'Neil, M. (eds) Cerebral Palsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50592-3_154-1

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