TY - GEN
T1 - Applying a universal design approach to empower children with multiple impairments in assistive technology assessment
AU - MacKeogh, Trish
AU - Dillenburg, Karola
AU - Donovan, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The authors and IOS Press.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Rapid developments in technology, coinciding with the shift in educational ideology towards the inclusion of children with multiple disabilities, has led to increased calls for a Universal Design (UD) approach to promoting, user-friendly, proactive, transparent, and accessible environments and to the importance of Assistive Technology (AT) applications. For children with disabilities, technologies provide opportunities for greater and more flexible access to activities then traditional interfaces if applied and matched successfully. Relatively high abandonment rates of assistive technology have been documented, often due to a lack of user involvement in the assessment process. The field of Universal Design is showing that collaborative approaches enable users to be active participants and enhance their engagement in activities and social inclusion. This paper provides a background to AT service provision in Ireland and outlines the adaptation of the Irish Matching Person with Technology (IMPT) tool from text based to a multimodal digital format for children with disabilities through a universal design approach.
AB - Rapid developments in technology, coinciding with the shift in educational ideology towards the inclusion of children with multiple disabilities, has led to increased calls for a Universal Design (UD) approach to promoting, user-friendly, proactive, transparent, and accessible environments and to the importance of Assistive Technology (AT) applications. For children with disabilities, technologies provide opportunities for greater and more flexible access to activities then traditional interfaces if applied and matched successfully. Relatively high abandonment rates of assistive technology have been documented, often due to a lack of user involvement in the assessment process. The field of Universal Design is showing that collaborative approaches enable users to be active participants and enhance their engagement in activities and social inclusion. This paper provides a background to AT service provision in Ireland and outlines the adaptation of the Irish Matching Person with Technology (IMPT) tool from text based to a multimodal digital format for children with disabilities through a universal design approach.
KW - Assessment
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Children
KW - Irish Matching Person with Technology
KW - Multiple disabilities
KW - Universal design
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85055616269
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-923-2-870
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-923-2-870
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781614999225
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 870
EP - 880
BT - Transforming our World Through Design, Diversity and Education - Proceedings of Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress 2018
A2 - Craddock, Gerald
A2 - Doran, Cormac
A2 - McNutt, Larry
A2 - Rice, Donal
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 2018 Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress, UDHEIT 2018
Y2 - 30 October 2018 through 2 November 2018
ER -