Dr Emily Steel
Adjunct Senior Fellow/Senior Lecturer
Centre for Health Services Research
Journal Articles
Steel, Emily J. (2020). Content analysis to locate assistive technology in Queensland's motor injury insurance rehabilitation legislation and guidelines. Assistive Technology, 32 (2), 74-78. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2018.1485780
Layton, Natasha and Steel, Emily (2019). The convergence and mainstreaming of integrated home technologies for people with disability. Societies, 9 (4) 69, 69. doi: 10.3390/soc9040069
Steel, Emily J. (2019). The duplicity of choice and empowerment: disability rights diluted in Australia’s policies on assistive technology. Societies, 9 (2) 39, 39. doi: 10.3390/soc9020039
Moller, Jessica, Schneider, Alison and Steel, Emily (2019). Spotlight on siblings: considering social context in home modification practice. Societies, 9 (2) 30, 30. doi: 10.3390/soc9020030
Steel, Emily J. (2018). Understanding assistive technology as a pre-requisite for choice and participation. Journal of Occupational Science, 26 (1), 87-98. doi: 10.1080/14427591.2018.1515648
de Witte, Luc, Steel, Emily, Gupta, Shivani, Ramos, Vinícius Delgado and Roentgen, Uta (2018). Assistive technology provision: towards an international framework for assuring availability and accessibility of affordable high-quality assistive technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13 (5), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2018.1470264
Steel, Emily J., Buchanan, Ricky, Layton, Natasha and Wilson, Erin (2017). Currency and competence of occupational therapists and consumers with rapidly changing technology. Occupational Therapy International, 2017 5612843, 5612843-5. doi: 10.1155/2017/5612843
Steel, Emily J. and Janeslatt, Gunnel (2016). Drafting standards on cognitive accessibility: a global collaboration. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 12 (4), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2016.1176260
Crawford, Emma, Turpin, Merrill, Nayar, Shoba, Steel, Emily and Durand, Jean-Louis (2016). The structural-personal interaction: occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia. Journal of Occupational Science, 23 (3), 321-338. doi: 10.1080/14427591.2016.1153510
Steel, Emily J. and Layton, Natasha A. (2016). Assistive Technology in Australia: Integrating theory and evidence into action. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 63 (6), 381-390. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12293
Layton, Natasha A. and Steel, Emily J. (2015). “An environment built to include rather than exclude me”: Creating inclusive environments for human well-being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12 (9), 11146-11162. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120911146
Campbell, Emma Jean and Steel, Emily Jean (2015). Mental distress and human rights of asylum seekers. Journal of Public Mental Health, 14 (2), 43-55. doi: 10.1108/JPMH-06-2013-0040
Steel, Emily J., Layton, Natasha Ann, Foster, Michele M. and Bennett, Sally (2014). Challenges of user-centred assistive technology provision in Australia: shopping without a prescription. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 11 (3), 235-240. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2014.941953
Steel, E. J., Gelderblom, G. J. and de Witte, L. P (2012). The role of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and quality criteria for improving assistive technology service delivery in Europe. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91 (13 SUPPL.1), S55-S61. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31823d4ee6
Steel, Emily. J. and de Witte, Luc. P. (2011). Advances in European Assistive Technology service delivery and recommendations for further improvement. Technology and Disability, 23 (3), 131-138. doi: 10.3233/TAD-2011-0321
Steel, Emily, Gelderblom, Gert Jan, and de Witte, Luc. P. (2011). Development of an AT selection tool using the ICF model. Technology and Disability, 23 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.3233/TAD-2011-0299
Conference Papers
Turpin, Merrill, Lynch, Deborah, Spermon, Deborah and Steel, Emily (2015). Preparing students for health and social care practice through inter-professional learning. HERDSA Annual International Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 6-9 July 2015. Milperra, NSW, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA).
de Jonge, Desleigh, Layton, Natasha, Vicary, Fran and Steel, Emily J. (2015). Motivations and incentives: exploring assistive technology service delivery from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. RESNA, Denver, CO, United States, 10-14 June 2015. Arlington, VA, United States: RESNA.
Campbell, Emma, Turpin, Merrill , Durand, Jean-Louis and Steel, Emily (2015). Untangling occupations and social structures: asylum seekers in Australia. Occupational Therapy Australia 26th National Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 1-3 July 2015. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12212_2
Steel, Emily, Layton, Natasha, Foster, Michele M. and Bennett, Sally (2014). Consumer choices in complex assistive technology markets. NCD CADR 14: NDS Research to Action CADR Conference 2013, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 26-27 May, 2014. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Centre for Applied Disability Research.
Steel, Emily (2014). The ambiguity of choice in public policy. Actively Choosing Technology: ARATA National Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 20-22 August 2014. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ARATA Australia Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association.
Layton, Natasha, Steel, Emily and de Jonge, Desleigh (2013). Choice and control: assistive technology within Australia's new National Disability Insurance Scheme. AAATE 2013: Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal, 19-22 September 2013. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-266
Steel, Emily, Gelderblom, Gert Jan and de Witte, Luc P. (2011). Assistive Technology Evaluation and Selection (ATES): usability, feasibility and fit with practice. XI Congress of European Federation for Research in Rehabilitation, Riva del Garda, Italy, 26-28 May 2011. European Federation for Research in Rehabilitation.
Gowran, Rosemary J., Murray, Elaine, Sund, Terje, Steel, Emily, McKay, Elizabeth and O'Regan, Bernadette (2011). Sustainable wheelchair provision. 11th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology (AAATE 2011), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2011. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-1241
Steel, Emily. J. (2011). The role of choice in Assistive Technology provision in Europe. 11th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology (AAATE 2011), Maastricht, Netherlands, 31 August - 2 September 2011. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-814-4-1225
Steel, Emily (2010). An ICF based tool supporting assistive technology selection. ICCHP 2010: 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Vienna, Austria, 14-16 July, 2010.
Steel, Emily, Gelderblom, Gert Jan and de Witte, Luc (2010). Linking Instruments and Documenting Decisions in Service Delivery Guided by an ICF-Based Tool for Assistive Technology Selection. 12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010, Vienna, Austria, 14-16 July 2010. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_86
Steel, Emily (2009). An ICF based tool to support the AT selection process. Recent Advances in Assistive Technology & Engineering, Coventry, United Kingdom, 30 November-1 December 2009. Health Design & Technology Institute.
Thesis
Steel, Emily (2017). The right choice? An interpretive policy analysis of assistive technology in Australian disability services. PhD Thesis, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.1013