Content and Other Resources Recommendations for Individuals with Intellectual Disability: A Review

Abstract

In this review paper, we look into how a recommendation system can be adapted to and support people with intellectual disability (ID). We start by reviewing and comparing the main classes of techniques for general-purpose content recommendation. Then, centering on individuals with ID, we collect information on their special needs that may be relevant to or affected by content recommendation tasks. We review the few existing recommendation systems specifically designed or adapted to the needs of this population and finally, based on the reviewed literature sources, we catalog the traits that a future content recommendation system should have in order to respond well to the identified special needs. We hope this listing of desirable traits and future directions in our concluding sections will stimulate research towards opening the doors to the digital world for individuals with ID.

An Integrated Support System for People with Intellectual Disability

“…Focusing on the group of people with ID, the characteristics that a content recommendation system should have in order to efficiently serve these individuals are reported in Ref. [4]. Based on this analysis, we have developed a content recommendation system that covers a variety of requirements.…”

“…Regarding the recommendation services to IID, there is a limited number of projects dealing with the recommendation of multimedia content [4]. The delivery of personalized multimedia content in interactive Internet Protocol (IP) television environments in Ref.…”

“…According to the study in Ref. [4] people with ID encounter difficulties in expressing their feelings, and they are likely to be victims of fraud, bullying, and harassment. This makes people with ID one of the most vulnerable groups in our society that deserve great attention in order to deal with their difficulties in managing daily activities and accessing health limitations, potential exploitation, and future works in order to further enhance and expand the functionality of the proposed platform.…”

Recommender systems for sustainability: overview and research issues

“…Finally, fairness considerations are also relevant in the context of individuals with disabilities. Related recommendation approaches support content recommendation (Quisi-Peralta et al, 2018 ; Apostolidis et al, 2022 ), recommendation for accessibility and mobility (Cardoso et al, 2015 ; Brodeala, 2020 ; Tsai et al, 2022 ), activity recommendation (Altulyan et al, 2019 ), and the recommendation of points of interest (Mauro et al, 2022 ).…”

Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview: Psychometric Properties in Family Caregivers of People with Intellectual Disabilities

“…It is associated with other conditions such as autism, externalizing disorders, cerebral palsy, and compulsive/epileptic problems [3]. Studies indicate that people with ID are more likely to suffer from physical health problems, age faster [4,5], suffer from any psychiatric disorder [6], and have an increased risk of death [7].…”