Quality of Life of Wheelchair Rugby Players

Kermit

2019

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BACKGROUND: Different types of assistive technologies can support participation for people with disability; nonetheless, technology can break with people's self-image, sometimes resulting in technology abandonment. OBJECTIVE: This article focuses on how assistive activity technology can be used as symbolic expressions of identity among people with physical disability. METHODS: Qualitative, semistructured, in-depth interviews with people with physical disability using assistive activity technology. 2 RESULTS: The use of assistive activity technology is most often voluntary and based on personal interest. The use of assistive activity technology affects how the informants experience themselves and their social surroundings, and how they act in social activities. Assistive activity technology provides people with disability the opportunity to show themselves from a positive perspective in recognisable and commonly valued activities in society. This phenomenon is changing how other people see and understand people with disability. CONCLUSIONS: Assistive activity technology has the potential to contribute as symbolic expressions of identity for people with physical disability. The technology contributes through positively changing how individuals experience themselves and how other people perceive them. A new finding is that assistive activity technology differs from other assistive technology because the choice of using assistive activity technology is normally based on individual preferences and interests.

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Section: Earlier Research On the Use Of Technology For Adapted Physicmentioning

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Assistive activity technology as symbolic expressions of the self

Kermit

2019

TAD

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“…Moreover, a reciprocal relationship between positive emotions and belongingness has been identified in earlier research on recreational sport activities [27]. Participation in organised physical activity provides opportunities to experience new interpersonal interactions and different social roles [28]. Adapted sports participation motivates individuals by providing psychological pleasure and offering inclusion in supportive networks [29].…”

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“…Participating in sports, exercise and other kinds of LTPA provides a number of health benefits for people with physical disabilities [3,28,29]. In addition, physical activity often leads to greater personal satisfaction with weight and, under certain conditions, body shape [4].…”

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“The fact that I can be in front of others, I am used to being a bit behind”: how assistive activity technology affects participation in everyday life

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Kermit

2019

Her doctoral thesis involves user involvement in the allocation of assistive activity technology. Moreover, it addresses how this kind of adaptive technology can contribute to activity and participation in everyday life on the users' own terms. An important field of interest is how different forms of social service organisations are significant for social work practice and service delivery. Professional understanding and user involvement have been key topics for exploration.Sylvia Söderström is a professor in Health Science at NTNU. Her research field is in disability studies with a special focus on children and young people`s everyday lives and on the significance of technology, participation and social inclusion. The methodological approach is mainly qualitative and some central perspectives are interactionism, STS (science, technology and society) and intersectionality.

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The creation of cyborgs within a socially constructed understanding of disability and assistive activity technology use

2023

Disability & Society