The Rights of People With Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access

Braddock, David; Hoehl, Jeffery; Tanis, Shea; Ablowitz, Enid; Haffer, Laura

doi:10.1352/2326-6988-01.02.95

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“…According to a recent World Health Organization estimate (2011), there are around 630 million individuals worldwide and 28 million persons living in the United States with cognitive disabilities [2]. There are many different conditions that associated with cognitive disabilities.…”

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Web searching by individuals with cognitive disabilities

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2015

SIGACCESS Access. Comput.

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The ability to search for information on the web can provide tremendous support to people with cognitive disabilities, but there are few research studies with this focus. An exploratory study was conducted to explore how individuals with cognitive disabilities use three searching methods (typing, voice searching with manual microphone control, and hands-free voice searching). The results support a flexible design approach, as the preferences of the participants for the conditions varied. Some preferred typing, since they experienced some voice recognition issues with the microphone, while others chose hands-free voice searching to overcome spelling difficulties. Future work will aim to relate search behaviour of users with cognitive disabilities to their functional capabilities, and to evaluate Google's Search Education lessons to improve searching skills for people with cognitive disabilities.

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Web searching by individuals with cognitive disabilities

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2015

SIGACCESS Access. Comput.

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“…Instead, the innovation of our approach rests in how we distilled specific processes from successful research studies which could be used by others potentially to guide their own implementations. Further, our process model intentionally embraces and embodies social disability models, foregrounding themes of dignity, agency, and empowerment (Braddock et al, 2013). By locating the perspectives and voices of individuals with ASD centrally, we seek to avoid the mistake of insufficiently considering neurophilosophical issues such as hyper-or hyporeactivity to sensory inputs that individuals with ASD may experience (Tavassoli et al, 2016;Uljarević et al, 2016).…”

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A Process-Model for Minimizing Adverse Effects when Using Head Mounted Display-Based Virtual Reality for Individuals with Autism

Schmidt

Newbutt

Schmidt

et al. 2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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Interest in the use of virtual reality technologies for individuals with autism spectrum disorders has been increasing for over two decades. Recently, research interest has been growing in the area of head mounted display-based virtual reality technologies, thanks to increased availability and affordability. Affordances and theorized benefits of headset-based virtual reality for individuals with autism spectrum disorders are quite promising. However, very little attention has been given in the literature to implementation safety and ethics. This is a particular concern in light of documented adverse effects associated with headset-based virtual reality. To approach this gap, this article details how the authors approached the issue of minimizing adverse effects with related and overlapping methods, but from two separate, independent research sites—one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom. A structured within- and across-case analysis of the two independent studies was conducted to identify central implementation processes and procedures. Analysis resulted in development of a model for minimizing potential adverse effects of headset-based virtual reality for this population. We assert that our model could provide clarity in terms of design and implementation of headset-based virtual reality for individuals with autism spectrum disorders, guide implementations of future researchers and practitioners, and contribute to minimizing and controlling for potential adverse effects.

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“…• Information structures (Braddock et al, 2013) • Counselling (Lindsay, 2011) • Self-determination (Crowther, 2019) • Service Deficits (Pallisera et al, 2016;McColl et al, 2010) Service utilization…”

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“…Furthermore, several PWD are dependent on their relatives' support in negotiating the required services with providers, or in providing advice for professionals (Koelewijn et al, 2020). Although PWD are often in need of institutional support, participation and utilization is dependent upon the quality of counselling offers and amenability (Albuquerque & Carvalho, 2020;Sabatello, 2020), as well as the quality, accuracy and the fit (such as barrier-free information (Courtenay & Perera, 2020)) of given information to identify appropriate services (Braddock et al, 2013). The most common problems for PWD in the use of services are waiting times, costs, adequacy and the availability of services in an appropriate vicinity (McColl et al, 2010).…”

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inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria–Tyrol border region during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kerschbaumer¹,

Gell²,

Nesimovic³

et al. 2022

JCSW

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Background: Although some individuals in Germany’s and Austria’s Bavaria–Tyrol border region live in one country but work, study, shop and/or access healthcare in the other, realising that lifestyle can be difficult for people with disabilities (PWD). Limited cross-border services currently available to PWD not only suffer from poor awareness and adoption but also fail to meet PWD’s manifold individual needs. Thus facing restricted individual social space, especially in rural areas, the region’s PWD experience various constraints to self-determined lives, which the COVID-19 pandemic’s isolation and heightened border control have only aggravated. Against that background, we sought to identify factors that have enabled or constrained PWD’s individual agency in the Bavaria–Tyrol border region both before and during the pandemic. Methods: Beginning in April 2020, we conducted 34 semi-structured interviews with PWD, their relatives and employers and various institutional, political and administrative personnel regarding the use of cross-border education, housing, leisure and occupational services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bavaria, Germany, and Tyrol, Austria. In qualitative content analysis, we summarised the most pressing results into eight abstracts that we later compiled into a qualitative online survey completed by 51 of 229 interviewees and other participants (22.27%). Results: Pandemic-associated developments and policies have been external shocks to an already fragile (cross-border) support system for PWD. Added to pre-pandemic obstacles including a lack of information, consensus and options regarding cross-border activities, new deficits in mobility, housing and funding for support along with prejudices and the effects of digitalisation have further intensified challenges for PWD.

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The Rights of People With Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access

Cited by 16 publications

References 2 publications

Web searching by individuals with cognitive disabilities

Web searching by individuals with cognitive disabilities

A Process-Model for Minimizing Adverse Effects when Using Head Mounted Display-Based Virtual Reality for Individuals with Autism

inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria–Tyrol border region during the COVID-19 pandemic

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