(In)Visibility in Disability and Assistive Technology

Faucett, Heather; Ringland, Kate E.; Cullen, Amanda L. L.; Hayes, Gillian R.

doi:10.1145/3132040

Cited by 67 publications

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“…If the design of the exoskeleton does not match their personal taste, employees will most likely not accept it. Previous research has described visibility of assistive devices as a disclosure of disability status [ 37 ]. The authors suggest to make assistive devices socially invisible by choosing a design that matches the social environment.…”

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Passive Trunk Exoskeleton Acceptability and Effects on Self-efficacy in Employees with Low-Back Pain: A Mixed Method Approach

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Purpose Determinants of successfully introducing passive exoskeletons in the working environment to decrease mechanical loading on the back, are acceptability of the device to management and employees, including self-efficacy of employees when using the device. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess self-efficacy of employees with low-back pain when using an exoskeleton and the acceptability of such a device to these employees and their managers. Methods We used a mixed method approach. We quantitatively assessed the change in self-efficacy of 17 employees with low-back pain when performing daily activity tasks with the exoskeleton, using the modified spinal function sort (M-SFS). Qualitatively, we conducted a focus group with employees and a double interview with two managers to add more insight and understandings into changes in self-efficacy and to discuss challenges of implementing an exoskeleton in the working environment. Results Self-efficacy significantly increased by 7% when using the exoskeleton. Employees acknowledged the flexibility of the exoskeleton being advantageous to current static external lifting devices, which confirmed the increase of self-efficacy in both static and dynamic tasks. Individual data showed that the increase in self-efficacy was largest for participants, being greatly restricted by their low-back pain. In the focus group, employees confirmed that they are mostly open to wearing the exoskeleton if they suffer from low-back pain. Conclusion If potential challenges, e.g. visibility and potential refusal of wearing an exoskeleton are considered in the implementation strategy, acceptability of and self-efficacy in using the passive trunk exoskeleton would be further improved, potentially contributing to reduced risk of low-back pain.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Passive Trunk Exoskeleton Acceptability and Effects on Self-efficacy in Employees with Low-Back Pain: A Mixed Method Approach

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“…Numerous studies in HCI and design have shown that the ability of products or services to evoke positive emotions in the user is likely to determine its success much more than the practical advantages they might ofer [23,48,77]. In the last decade, researchers have started to investigate the same phenomena in relation to assistive and inclusive devices used by PWDs and discovered that social and emotional aspects play a crucial role in how PWDs choose to interact with assistive devices and the feelings that arise as a result of these interactions [11,29,55,65,66].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Refective design is often about processing our interactions with a product after the interaction, examining it in light of the situation, our personal preferences and cultural outlook and making judgements as a result of these refections [48]. Considerations about value of assistive devices and other aspects such as identity [65], visibility [29], selfexpression [10], and control [55] illustrated in the previous section are all generated primarily at the refective level.…”

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“…Both assistive products and services are routinely evaluated based on functional and pragmatic criteria such as cost, convenience, usability and efectiveness [4,8,27,74]. Although these aspects are defnitely important, previous research has shown that social and emotional aspects such as identity [29], social conventions [66], embodiment [10] and biographical meaning [11] play a major role in how PWDs evaluate assistive products and services in real life.…”

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Value beyond function: analyzing the perception of wheelchair innovations in Kenya

Barbareschi

Daymond²,

Honeywill³

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Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Innovations in the feld of assistive technology are usually evaluated based on practical considerations related to their ability to perform certain functions. However, social and emotional aspects play a huge role in how people with disabilities interact with assistive products and services. Over a fve months period, we tested an innovative wheelchair service provision model that leverages 3D printing and Computer Aided Design to provide bespoke wheelchairs in Kenya. The study involved eight expert wheelchair users and fve healthcare professionals who routinely provide wheelchair services in their community. Results from the study show that both users and providers attributed great value to both the novel service delivery model and the wheelchairs produced as part of the study. The reasons for their appreciation went far beyond the practical considerations and were rooted in the fact that the service delivery model and the wheelchairs promoted core values of agency, empowerment and self-expression.

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“…A simpler variant is the day reconstruction method (DRM) which can be used to gather data once per day [47] and is already used to help people understand their health conditions [38,62]. They can also be situated in the home setting, which helps people convey sensitive, embarrassing or distressing information [44], identify "invisible" effects [30], as well as assist in addressing the fact that later recall of the effects of impairments is prone to error and subjective, whilst being particularly influenced by emotional experiences [43].…”

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PIP Kit: An Exploratory Investigation into using Lifelogging to support Disability Benefit Claimants

Watson

Kirkham

Kharrufa

2020

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Disability assessment processes are complex and stressful, with claimants finding it challenging to prepare an effective account of their disabilities to support their claim. This project focuses on a disability benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is received by millions of people with disabilities in the UK. We present a multistage exploratory investigation into how lifelogging could help address the challenges claimants have in accessing disability benefits. In the first study, benefit advisors participated in interviews and workshops to inform the design of PIP Kit, a highly customisable prototype elicitation diary to help disability claimants articulate their experiences. In the second study, PIP Kit was trialled by benefit claimants whilst making their actual PIP claims. We found that PIP Kit helped empower claimants in understanding the claim process and assisted in building arguments for their claims. We also have identified clear principles for supporting disability benefit claimants with technological interventions.

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(In)Visibility in Disability and Assistive Technology

Cited by 67 publications

References 31 publications

Passive Trunk Exoskeleton Acceptability and Effects on Self-efficacy in Employees with Low-Back Pain: A Mixed Method Approach

Passive Trunk Exoskeleton Acceptability and Effects on Self-efficacy in Employees with Low-Back Pain: A Mixed Method Approach

Value beyond function: analyzing the perception of wheelchair innovations in Kenya

PIP Kit: An Exploratory Investigation into using Lifelogging to support Disability Benefit Claimants

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