Youth With Cerebral Palsy With Differing Upper Limb Abilities: How Do They Access Computers?

Davies, T. Claire; Chau, Tom; Ameratunga, Shanthi; Stott, N. Susan

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2010.08.013

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“…For example, a tennis or stress ball may be attached to the lever of a joystick for more comfortable and satisfactory use. The idea of adaptive mass customisation is supported by Davies et al [44], who found that EAT users often employ a combination of SAT devices depending on the computer program they are accessing. This paper describes the first phase of a new design method which facilitates the involvement of professionals working in the clinical AT arena.…”

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confidence: 84%

Crucial design issues for special access technology; a Delphi study

O’Rourke¹,

Ekins²,

Timmins³

et al. 2013

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose. To develop and demonstrate a method to involve professional users of assistive technology (AT) in the development process of customisable products. Employing the ideas of user participation and mass customisation, this research addresses the need for reduced product costs and optimised product flexibility.Method. An adaptable six-question Delphi study was developed to establish consensus among AT professionals on design issues relating to a specified AT domain requiring innovation. The study is demonstrated for the special access technology (SAT) domain. A modified morphological matrix structures the application of the study results to the product design process. 2Results. 14 Professionals from the Republic of Ireland and the UK participated. Consensus was reached on prevalent parts of SAT that malfunction, primary reasons for SAT malfunction, characteristics of clients associated with SAT selection, client needs regarding SAT use and training, desirable traits of SAT, and clinicians" frustrations with SAT.Conclusion. The study revealed a range of problems related to SAT, highlighting the complexities of successful SAT adoption. The questions led to differentiated insights and enabled design solution conceptualisation from various perspectives. The approach was found to help facilitate efficient generation and application of professional users" knowledge during the design process of customisable AT. Implications for RehabilitationHigh product costs and device abandonment negatively affect many people who use assistive technology (AT). Poor device design is a root cause of these two problems.To address this issue, a method for the practical concept generation of customisable AT is proposed and demonstrated. The method aims to support the development of new, low-cost products which satisfy a broad range of consumers' needs.The literature requests suitable methods to facilitate the involvement of different types of AT users in the product design process. This paper presents a method to first establish consensus on important design issues for a specified AT domain, and subsequently to apply these issues to the product design process. This paper describes the method"s application for a customisable special access technology (SAT) device. Crucial design issues for SAT devices are presented to assist future SAT development work in research and industry. 3This research supports and provides validation for a number of past studies about desirable criteria for AT. These studies declared that further research was required to confirm their results.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Crucial design issues for special access technology; a Delphi study

O’Rourke¹,

Ekins²,

Timmins³

et al. 2013

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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“…34-35 Interfaces for accessing online information are designed for young mainstream users, and persons with sensory, physical or intellectual disabilities have difficulty with input devices and content displays. 36-37 …”

Section: Internet Use and Disabilitymentioning

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The potential for technology to enhance independence for those aging with a disability

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Technologies of all kinds can sustain and accelerate improvements in health and quality of life for an aging population, and enhance the independence of persons with disabilities. Assistive technologies are widely used to promote independent functioning, but the aging of users and their devices produces unique challenges to individuals, their families, and the health care system. The emergence of new “smart” technologies that integrate information technology with assistive technologies has opened a portal to the development of increasingly powerful, individualized tools to assist individuals with disabilities to meet their needs. Yet, issues of access and usability remain to be solved for their usefulness to be fully realized. New cohorts aging with disabilities will have more resources and more experience with integrated technologies than current elders. Attention to technological solutions that help them adapt to the challenges of later life is needed to improve quality of life for those living long lives with disabilities.

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“…Finally, support teachers involved in social validation assessment rated as more positive the combined intervention compared to both singly proposed. Those empirical evidences are widely supported by previous studies (Davies, Chau, Fehlings, Ameratunga, & Stott, 2010;Novak et al, 2013;Oskoui, Coutinho, Dykeman, Jetté , & Pringsheim, 2013;Stasolla, Caffò , Albano, Damato, & Stella, 2013;Stasolla et al, 2013b) and allow to put forward the following considerations.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 64%