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Assistive Technology to Promote Communication and Social Interaction for People With Deafblindness: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Education, 2020
Background: People with deafblindness experience stigmatization, exclusion, and isolation. Due to complex communication challenges, feelings of isolation and exclusion can increase. However, assistive technology can change these negative outcomes.
Vernandi Dyzel, Rony Oosterom-Calo, Mijkje Worm, Paula S. Sterkenburg, Paula S. Sterkenburg   +4 more
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Powered Wheelchair Platform for Assistive Technology Development [PDF]

, 2014
Literature shows that numerous wheelchair platforms, of various complexities, have been developed and evaluated for Assistive Technology purposes. However there has been little consideration to providing researchers with an embedded system which is fully
Horne, Robert, Henderson, Martin, Pepper, Matthew, Stephen Kelly, Michael Gillham, Matthew Pepper, Robert Horne, Capron, Jean-Marc, Jean-Marc Capron, Gillham, Michael, Kelly, Stephen W., Martin Henderson   +11 more
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Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose: About half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Focusing on the ends rather than the economic means of human development, the capability approach offers an alternative view of poverty.
Rahman, A A, Khan, A N, Johan Borg, ASM Atiqur Rahman, Borg, Johan, Per-Olof Östergren, Borg, Johan,, Khan, Ahm Noman, Larsson, Stig, Rahman, Asm Atiqur, Bari, Nazmul, Stig Larsson, AHM Noman Khan, Östergren, Per-Olof, Nazmul Bari   +14 more
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The Acceptance of Culturally Adapted Signing Avatars Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals

IEEE Access
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) individuals often encounter significant challenges in communication and accessing digital content, with Sign Language as their primary mode of communication.
Achraf Othman, Amira Dhouib, Hajer Chalghoumi, Oussama El Ghoul, Amnah Al-Mutawaa   +4 more
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The use of assistive technology in classroom activities for learners with motor impairments at a special school in South Africa

South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2020
Introduction: Participation in education is the right of every child, regardless of disability. An Assistive Technology and Inclusion Programme, implemented at a special school, has provided learners with motor impairments with an alternative to typical
Marieta Visser, Mariette Nel, Melissa de Klerk, Annique Ganzevoort, Caroline Hubble, Almaré Liebenberg, Marié Snyman, Megan Young   +7 more
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ARATA’s response to the NDIA’s assistive technology discussion paper [PDF]

, 2015
The Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association (ARATA) responds to the NDIA’s AT Discussion Paper, and advocates that roles for all stakeholders must be considered.  • Summary of ARATA\u27s key recommendations arising from
Natasha Layton, Trina Phuah, Emily Steel, Emma Friesen   +3 more
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Awareness, requirements and barriers to use of Assistive Technology designed to enable independence of people suffering from Dementia (ATD) [PDF]

, 2012
This article is available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ 2012 IOS PressThis study investigated the awareness and use of assistive technology for people with dementia. The aim of the study was to explore barriers to the uptake
van den Heuvel, EA, McIntyre, A, Jowitt, F   +2 more
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Effects of early aquatic exercise intervention on trunk strength and functional recovery of patients with lumbar fusion: a randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports, 2023
This study investigated the effectiveness of an early aquatic exercise program on trunk muscle function and functional recovery of patients with lumbar fusion. Twenty-eight subjects were divided into two equal groups.
An-Hua Huang, Wen-Hsiang Chou, Wendy Tzyy-Jiuan Wang, Wen-Yin Chen, Yi-Fen Shih   +4 more
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Assistive technology pricing: is it fair and reasonable? [PDF]

, 2014
Concerns about the price of assistive technology products (AT, also known as aids and equipment) arise regularly in public policy discourse and the media.
Michael Summers, Chris Sparks
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The Kenyan assistive technology ecosystem: a network analysis

Global Health Action
Background Assistive technology is central to the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. However, there remains limited access to assistive technology throughout much of the world, with particularly poor access in lower- and middle ...
Emma M. Smith, Stephanie Huff, Rose Bukania, Bernard Chiira, Catherine Holloway, Malcolm MacLachlan   +5 more
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