ABSTRACT
Rehabilitation engineering requires a multidisciplinary effort. To put rehabilitation engineering into its proper context, we need to review some of the other disciplines with which rehabilitation engineers must be familiar. Robinson [1993] has reviewed or put forth the following working definitions and discussions: Rehabilitation is the (re)integration of an individual with a disability into society. This can be done either by enhancing existing capabilities or by providing alternative means to perform various functions or to substitute for specific sensations.
