A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Assistive technology for totally blind - barriers to adoption
Authors: Neeraj Sachdeva, Reima Suomi
Conference name: nformation Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia
Publication year: 2013
Journal: IRIS
Book title : IRIS/SCIS 2013 , the 36th IRIS seminar and the 4th SCIS conference
ISBN: 9788232104062
ISSN: 1891-9863
Web address : http://iris.cs.aau.dk/index.php/The_IRIS_Conference.html
Abstract
Assistive technology for people with disabilities has improved, offering easier access to resources. Adoption and usage of assistive technology has been positively analyzed by various researches. However, the negative socio-psychological attributes that hinder technology adoption as well as their level of impact has not been emphasized very much in academic research. Highlighting and discussing these attributes can help in improving assistive technology adoption. Using perspectives drawn from interviews of blind users heavily reliant on assistive technology, this paper details of the impact of socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology usage for completely blind people.
The interview responses add credence to the original literature findings which indicate that certain socio-psychological attributes active in the case of totally blind people are barriers to assistive technology adoption and usage. The results highlight need for further research to understand these attributes in case of low to medium intensity users of assistive technology. The results also contribute toward finding ways of limiting the socio-psychological barriers to assistive technology adoption, as well as expansion of current technology adoption models to give them an increasingly balanced outlook.
Keywords: Assistive Technology Adoption, Totally Blind People, Socio-Psychological Attributes
Assistive technology for people with disabilities has improved, offering easier access to resources. Adoption and usage of assistive technology has been positively analyzed by various researches. However, the negative socio-psychological attributes that hinder technology adoption as well as their level of impact has not been emphasized very much in academic research. Highlighting and discussing these attributes can help in improving assistive technology adoption. Using perspectives drawn from interviews of blind users heavily reliant on assistive technology, this paper details of the impact of socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology usage for completely blind people.
The interview responses add credence to the original literature findings which indicate that certain socio-psychological attributes active in the case of totally blind people are barriers to assistive technology adoption and usage. The results highlight need for further research to understand these attributes in case of low to medium intensity users of assistive technology. The results also contribute toward finding ways of limiting the socio-psychological barriers to assistive technology adoption, as well as expansion of current technology adoption models to give them an increasingly balanced outlook.
Assistive technology for people with disabilities has improved, offering easier access to resources. Adoption and usage of assistive technology has been positively analyzed by various researches. However, the negative socio-psychological attributes that hinder technology adoption as well as their level of impact has not been emphasized very much in academic research. Highlighting and discussing these attributes can help in improving assistive technology adoption. Using perspectives drawn from interviews of blind users heavily reliant on assistive technology, this paper details of the impact of socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology usage for completely blind people.
The interview responses add credence to the original literature findings which indicate that certain socio-psychological attributes active in the case of totally blind people are barriers to assistive technology adoption and usage. The results highlight need for further research to understand these attributes in case of low to medium intensity users of assistive technology. The results also contribute toward finding ways of limiting the socio-psychological barriers to assistive technology adoption, as well as expansion of current technology adoption models to give them an increasingly balanced outlook.
Keywords: Assistive Technology Adoption, Totally Blind People, Socio-Psychological Attributes
Assistive technology for people with disabilities has improved, offering easier access to resources. Adoption and usage of assistive technology has been positively analyzed by various researches. However, the negative socio-psychological attributes that hinder technology adoption as well as their level of impact has not been emphasized very much in academic research. Highlighting and discussing these attributes can help in improving assistive technology adoption. Using perspectives drawn from interviews of blind users heavily reliant on assistive technology, this paper details of the impact of socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology usage for completely blind people.
The interview responses add credence to the original literature findings which indicate that certain socio-psychological attributes active in the case of totally blind people are barriers to assistive technology adoption and usage. The results highlight need for further research to understand these attributes in case of low to medium intensity users of assistive technology. The results also contribute toward finding ways of limiting the socio-psychological barriers to assistive technology adoption, as well as expansion of current technology adoption models to give them an increasingly balanced outlook.
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