Technologies that Assist People Who Have Disabilities

Cook, Albert M.; Polgar, Janice M.; Encarnação, Pedro

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-09631-7.00002-8

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“…The "connection-making" attribute of social media also supports learning and the sharing of information (Siemens, 2005). However, there has been a lack of research on how individuals with disabilities engage in social media (e.g., Cook & Polgar, 2015), including how they use it for learning or connecting with others.…”

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Community building and knowledge sharing by individuals with disabilities using social media

Sweet

LeBlanc

Stough

et al. 2019

Computer Assisted Learning

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The use of social media to share information, enhance learning, and connect with an online community has grown rapidly over the past 10 years. As social media becomes a more common tool in both formal and informal education, it is imperative to understand how it is used by individuals with disabilities. Through a systematic study of the literature, 215 articles on social media used by individuals with disabilities were selected and 29 selected for in-depth thematic analysis. Six major themes were identified: community, cyberbullying, self-esteem, self-determination, access to technology, and accessibility. To confirm these six categories, we expanded our search, yielding an additional 30 articles, for a total 59 articles reviewed in-depth. Interactions between individuals with disabilities within online communities often had the goal of acquiring knowledge or learning new information. A communities of practice theoretical framework is used to discuss interactions among the elements of social media design, learning, and the building of community by individuals with disabilities.

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Community building and knowledge sharing by individuals with disabilities using social media

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LeBlanc

Stough

et al. 2019

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…The AT can help to improve the functional independence and thus, facilitate the daily living tasks through the use of aids that help a person to travel, to communicate with others, to learn, to work, and to participate in social and recreational activities [4]. AT devices can range from a simple and with low technology designs such as a crutch, to complex systems that speak for the user, automatic opening doors systems or to brain-wave recognition units for interface management [5].…”

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Intelligent Monitoring Platform to Evaluate the Overall State of People with Neurological Disorders

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The percentage of people around the world who are living with some kind of disability or disorder has increased in recent years and continues to rise due to the aging of the population and the increase in chronic health disorders. People with disabilities find problems in performing some of the activities of daily life, such as working, attending school, or participating in social and recreational events. Neurological disorders such as epilepsy, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, or Alzheimer’s, are among the main diseases that affect a large number of this population. However, thanks to the assistive technologies (AT), these people can improve their performance in some of the obstacles presented by their disorders. This paper presents a new system that aims to help people with neurological disorders providing useful information about their pathologies. This novelty system consists of a platform where the physiological and environmental data acquisition, the feature engineering, and the machine learning algorithms are combined to generate customs predictive models that help the user. Finally, to demonstrate the use of the system and the working methodology employed in the platform, a simple example case is presented. This example case carries out an experimentation that presents a user without neurological problems that shows the versatility of the platform and validates that it is possible to get useful information that can feed an intelligent algorithm.

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Voice assistant technology applied to populations with developmental and physical disabilities

Volochtchuk,

Leite,

Vieira

2023

Behaviour & Information Technology

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Technologies that Assist People Who Have Disabilities

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Community building and knowledge sharing by individuals with disabilities using social media

Community building and knowledge sharing by individuals with disabilities using social media

Intelligent Monitoring Platform to Evaluate the Overall State of People with Neurological Disorders

Voice assistant technology applied to populations with developmental and physical disabilities

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