Educated Physically Disabled Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector

Mononen, Jukka; Halonen, Raija

doi:10.4018/ijissc.2017100102

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 21 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Another study of highly educated men with disabilities (n = 9) in the ICT sector revealed that a disability is not by itself a barrier to employment [10]. In a later study, disabilities of highly educated female ICT professionals (n = 8) were similarly not seen as limitations [11].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

When Competence Matters - Professionals with Disabilities in the ICT Sector

Mononen

Häyrynen²,

Halonen

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The objective of this study was to analyze the fulltime careers of 21 highly educated persons with a physical and/or sensory disability (PWD). We focused on factors in the early phases of the PWD's careers after graduation, as well as their work orientations within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Data were gathered using semistructured interviews. In this qualitative research, inductive content analysis was used. The study revealed the importance of two types of competence: the ability to create networks and technical expertise at the beginning of one's career. We also classified five work orientations: novice, technical, research, management, and entrepreneur. Difficulties related to disability or gender made no difference in these orientations.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

When Competence Matters - Professionals with Disabilities in the ICT Sector

Mononen

Häyrynen²,

Halonen

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Potentiate Social Inclusion through Detecting Illegal Parking in Places for Disabled People

Carvalho

Paiva

2018

International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article describes how social responsibility and social inclusion are matters that are on the agenda world-wide. Social exclusion exists at various levels and in this article, the authors address the illegal parking at places reserved for disabled people. They developed a prototype that allows, through a backend, a camera and a smartphone, to geo-reference parking spaces for disabled people in an entity (such as a school, shopping mall or any parking lot) and be advised when someone parks in that place and did not have a parking license. This required the development of a backend and a system that allows it to notify the appropriate responder whenever an illegal parking takes place. To detect parked cars, the authors use an IP Camera that captures photos every 3 minutes and send it to a cron job to be processed with the OpenALPR API that can recognize Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, and French license plates. From this present framework, all tests allowed the authors to conclude the best location for cameras and the adjustments that were needed to avoid false positives.

show abstract

Educated Physically Disabled Women in the Information and Communication Technology Sector

Cited by 2 publications

References 21 publications

When Competence Matters - Professionals with Disabilities in the ICT Sector

When Competence Matters - Professionals with Disabilities in the ICT Sector

Potentiate Social Inclusion through Detecting Illegal Parking in Places for Disabled People

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About