Access to assistive technology for people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review to identify barriers and facilitators

FH Boot, J Owuor, J Dinsmore… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The World Health Organisation has launched a programme to promote
Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology. Its aim is to increase access to high‐quality …

Access to assistive technology for persons with disabilities: a critical review from Nepal, India and Bangladesh

J Karki, S Rushton, S Bhattarai… - Disability and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and critically reflect on access to Assistive
Technology (AT) for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. This …

[LLIBRE][B] Global report on assistive technology

World Health Organization… - 2022 - books.google.com
Intro--Foreword--Acknowledgements--Contributors--Abbreviations--Executive summary--
Introduction--Who this report is for--How this report was developed--What this report …

Assistive technology provision: towards an international framework for assuring availability and accessibility of affordable high-quality assistive technology

L de Witte, E Steel, S Gupta, VD Ramos… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This is a position paper describing the elements of an international framework for
assistive technology provision that could guide the development of policies, systems and …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost …

F Meiland, A Innes, G Mountain, L Robinson… - JMIR rehabilitation …, 2017 - rehab.jmir.org
Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing
timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health …

Abandonment of assistive products: assessing abandonment levels and factors that impact on it

AT Sugawara, VD Ramos, FM Alfieri… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To investigate the levels and factors that influence the abandonment of assistive
products by users of a local reference rehabilitation center. Methods: This observational …

Dyslexic students' experiences in using assistive technology to support written language skills: a five-year follow-up

G Almgren Bäck, E Lindeblad, C Elmqvist… - Disability and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This study presents several accounts of user experiences with assistive technology
(AT). Although previous studies on dyslexic students reported promising results from using …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators to societal participation of people with disabilities: A sco** review of studies concerning European countries

E Hästbacka, M Nygård, F Nyqvist - Alter, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this sco** review is to explore previous scientific studies relating to the
scholarly understanding of societal participation of people with disabilities. Six relevant …

Medical and assistive health technology: meeting the needs of aging populations

L Garçon, C Khasnabis, L Walker, Y Nakatani… - The …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Purpose of the Study: To identify policy gaps in the delivery and availability of
assistive health technology (AHT) and medical devices (MD) for aging populations …

Enabling appropriate personnel skill-mix for progressive realization of equitable access to assistive technology

EM Smith, RJ Gowran, H Mannan… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background and Methods: This paper reviews the current capacity of personnel in
enabling access to assistive technology (AT) as well as the systems and processes within …