Recent data from several studies and surveys confirm that our society has entered the digital and information age. Some authors mention that information and communication technologies (ICT

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The current and prospective situation of cognitively impaired people entails great human, social, and economical costs. Smart homes can help to maintain in place cognitively impaired people, to improve their autonomy, and accordingly to alleviate the burden put on informal and professional caregivers. The research performed at DOMUS lab aims at turning the whole home into a cognitive prosthetic, especially by providing cognitive assistance. In this process, behavior tracking is a fundamental piece. After sketching the infrastructure, two cognitive assistants are used to illustrate how activity recognition can help to address four kinds of cognitive deficits (initiation, attention, planning, and memory). An experimentation of one of these asistant involving people with intellectual deficiencies is finally shortly described.

Few studies pertain to caseworkers and their practices for supporting the development of self‐determination of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). This research thus aims at describing the intervention practices of 12 caseworkers from Quebec (Canada). These caseworkers participated in five discussion groups over an 8‐month period. The data analysis helped identify a set of interventions conducted with people who have ID and with their environments. The majority of interventions are person‐specific, although natural and foster families are also targets for intervention. A number of person‐specific and environment‐specific variables influence these interventions. These variables concern people with ID, caseworkers, natural families, foster families, service organizations, and the community. The complexity of the intervention process is discussed. Recommendations are formulated for caseworkers, service organizations, and public decision makers.

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