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Access to assistive technology for persons with disabilities: a critical review from Nepal, India and Bangladesh

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2021
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and critically reflect on access to Assistive Technology (AT) for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
J. Karki, S. Rushton, Sunita Bhattarai, L. D. de Witte   +3 more
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Assistive technology and telecare to maintain independent living at home for people with dementia: the ATTILA RCT.

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
BACKGROUND Assistive technology and telecare have been promoted to manage the risks associated with independent living for people with dementia, but there is limited evidence of their effectiveness.
R. Gathercole, R. Bradley, Emma Harper, Lucy Davies, Lynn Pank, N. Lam, A. Davies, E. Talbot, E. Hooper, Rachel Winson, Bethany Scutt, Victoria Ordonez Montano, Samantha Nunn, G. Lavelle, M. Lariviere, S. Hirani, Stefano Brini, A. Bateman, P. Bentham, A. Burns, Barbara Dunk, Kirsty Forsyth, C. Fox, Catherine Henderson, M. Knapp, I. Leroi, S. Newman, J. O'Brien, F. Poland, J. Woolham, R. Gray, R. Howard   +31 more
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Self-devised assistive techniques by university students with learning disabilities

African Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: Access to assistive technology for disabilities is limited in low-resource settings. Therefore, existing research focuses on accessibility challenges.
Ndakaitei Manase
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Measuring Self-Reported Access to Assistive Technology Using the WHO Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) Questionnaire: Protocol for a Multi-Country Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
In 2018, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on improving access to assistive technology (AT), and mandated the WHO to prepare a global report on assistive technology based on the best available evidence and international experience.
Wei Zhang, A. Eide, Wesley Pryor, C. Khasnabis, J. Borg   +4 more
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EXPERIENCES OF EXPERTS IN USING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Research in Education and Rehabilitation, 2022
Assistive technology is a collective term that refers to assistive devices and services for people withdisabilities. The use of assistive technology in working with people with disabilities facilitates their learning and ...
Jurišić Lidija, Pinjatela Renata, Perić Bralo Magdalena   +2 more
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Mobile Assistive Technologies [PDF]

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018
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Simone Spagnol, Ádám Csapó, Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis, Kyriaki Kalimeri   +3 more
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Advancements in Arabic Text-to-Speech Systems: A 22-Year Literature Review

IEEE Access, 2023
Although there are several speech synthesis models available for different languages tailored to specific domain requirements and applications, there is currently no readily available information on the latest trends in Arabic language speech synthesis ...
Khansa Chemnad, Achraf Othman
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Assisted gestative technologies

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2022
A large body of literature considers the ethico-legal and regulatory issues surrounding assisted conception. Surrogacy, however, within this body of literature is an odd-fit. It involves a unique demand of another person—a form of reproductive labour—that many other aspects of assisted conception, such as gamete donation do not involve.
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Exploring the barriers to using assistive technology for individuals with chronic conditions: a meta-synthesis review

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2020
Purpose Assistive technology can provide a key tool to enabling independence, greater inclusion and participation in society for individuals with chronic conditions.
J. Howard, Z. Fisher, A. Kemp, Stephen Lindsay, L. Tasker, J. Tree   +5 more
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Network analysis of assistive technology stakeholders in Malawi

Global Health Action, 2022
Background Assistive technologies promote participation and quality of life for people with disabilities and other functional limitations. There is a global call to develop and implement policies to improve access to assistive technologies.
Emma M. Smith, Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Juba Kafumba, Monica Jamali-Phiri, Alister Munthali, Malcolm MacLachlan   +5 more
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