Hands-On Experiences With Assistive Technologies for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

This work has been carried out during the tenure of an ERCIM "Alain Bensoussan" postdoctoral fellowship and partially funded by the project e-Madrid (P2018/TCS-4307).

Discernment on assistive technology for the care and support requirements of older adults and differently-abled individuals

“…A binary logistic regression model was used for classification after factor analysis and assenting classification assessment. In their study, Juan et al ( 6 ) provided a hands-on experience for persons with intellectual ailments using assistive technology and discussed its challenges and opportunities.…”

HikePal: A mobile exergame to motivate people with intellectual disabilities to do outdoor physical activities

“…We also reviewed some literature about advice on interface design for intellectual disabilities. Torrado et al [31] provides an extensive set of recommendations that derive from the author's experience on developing digital solutions to address different issues concerning education, daily life or labor training. They highlight the value of co-design and adapting traditional software design techniques in order to include the final users in the process along with the rest of the stakeholders in transdisciplinary teams.…”

Impact of Assistive Technologies to Inclusive Education and Independent Life of Down Syndrome Persons: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

“…Intellectual and developmental disabilities are the major symptoms that are explored in the following works: [25,30,62,65,70,[75][76][77][78][79]. They address different problems related to DS adults and students such as: performing work tasks [27,30,74]; obtaining independent life skills [25,75,77]; improving long-term memory [76] and sensory stimulation [65]; experience of performing several of these, and finally; evaluation of vocational training [62].…”

“…Life skills including shopping, social interaction, and job interviews [25] are additionally enhanced by eye-hand coordination skills that are crucial to increasing literacy skills [75]. Particularly important is the direct involvement in these activities, implementing a hands-on approach [77]. By gaining these skills, DS persons with mild IDD become more competent and their self-confidence increases [78].…”

“…Challenges and opportunities regarding hands-on experiences with assistive technologies for people with intellectual disabilities are identified in [77]. The authors show that comprehensive and accessible communication channels play a major role while performing experiments through assistive technologies.…”