Full paper: The future of assistive technologies for dementia

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Peterson ◽  
N.R. Prasad ◽  
R. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Full Paper ◽  
The Future

Digital cities of the future: Extending @home assistive technologies for the elderly and the disabled

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalampos Doukas ◽  
Vangelis Metsis ◽  
Eric Becker ◽  
Zhengyi Le ◽  
Fillia Makedon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Disabled

Human Performance

2014 ◽  
pp. 267-273
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
The Future ◽  
Performance Issues ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

This chapter looks into horizontal issues in ICT advances and discusses how the factor of human performance could help in increasing the impact of eAccessibility and assistive technologies in the future. More specifically, it revisits some of the ideas presented in earlier chapters looking at them from a different angle. The one of maximizing the audience and target group for assistive technologies through the increase in human performance, issues related with exoskeletons for working environments and dual use of assistive technology, sports as a motivator, aesthetics and fashion of prosthetics are discussed from this same perspective. Human performance could be a critical factor for the future of assistive technologies, and today's people with disabilities could become tomorrow's people with super-abilities and leaders in human performance issues.

Children with Disabilities: A Critical Appraisal

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Sabatello
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Future

This essay contemplates the rights of children with disabilities under international law. It analyses the philosophical and practical reasons for the failure of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to protect the rights of children with disabilities, and looks at the remedial measures adopted under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The argument advanced is that, especially when children’s perspectives are considered, assistive technologies are at the heart of national and international efforts to advance the rights of children with disabilities, most importantly, a right to inclusion. I consider the challenges ahead and draw conclusions on the future of the rights of children with disabilities.

scholarly journals The Future of Assistive Technologies for Dementia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Beth Peterson ◽  
Neeli R Prasad ◽  
Ramjee Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
The Future

Robotic Exoskeletons and Social, Companion, and Service Robots

2014 ◽  
pp. 34-48
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Companion

Robotics is an emerging technology presenting great opportunities for the future of eAccessbility and Assistive Technologies. This is why this chapter aims to present the current state of the art in the domain together with the potential that robotics holds for the future. More specifically, it presents recent efforts on social and companion robotics and the dangers and current challenges we are facing in that area, such as autonomy, security, the risk of seclusion for people being taken care of by robots, etc. Furthermore, this chapter is also discussing the developments in another area of robotics dealing with robotic exoskeletons. Exoskeletons are now being used in specific working environments and could in the future become a useful technology of people with disabilities. Some first examples are presented, and the chapter discusses issues such as the potential transfer of knowledge and expertise from other applications and the use of assistive technologies for helping caretakers instead of the actual persons in need.

Editing JAT and enabling publication: an afterword

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Chris Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Looking Back

Purpose An afterword from the previous editor of this journal, looking back at what has been notable and ahead to what seem to be likely changes in the future. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Overview of key issues in the first ten years of the Journal of Assistive Technologies. Findings Some key issues are identified and likely future foci are tentatively suggested. Originality/value An editorial perspective.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES FOR BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED USERS OF A VISUAL QUESTION ANSWERING TOOL: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGING ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S905-S906
Author(s):  
Nathan Davis ◽  
Bo Xie ◽  
Danna Gurari
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Question Answering ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Visual Question Answering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Aging Adults

Abstract Recent technological developments provide individuals with vision impairment the transformative ability to upload pictures they take and promptly receive descriptions from remote workers. This study aimed to: identify challenges for visually impaired individuals to use such technology to obtain health-related information and provide recommendations for crowd-workers and the future development of assistive artificial intelligence (AI) design. In spring and summer of 2019, we analyzed 265 images of medication packages submitted by users of a visual question answering (VQA) application called VizWiz -- a smartphone application that provides near realtime assistance to visually impaired users by employing crowd-workers. We developed a 4-category coding scheme to analyze image quality, with two independent coders achieving excellent intercoder reliability (85%-95%). Of the 265 images, we found less than half were legible (46%), contained clear indicators for information sought (40%), or had minimum background noise (40%); while only a small percentage contained complete information (6%). Through thematic analysis of the data, we also highlight seven challenges with queries submitted by vision impaired users . Based on our findings, we make recommendations for the future design of VQA technologies, such as VizWiz, for visually impaired users. We also suggest that there is both great need and potential for user-centered design research to significantly enhance such assistive technologies. While this study did not focus exclusively on data submitted by aging adults, many VizWiz users are, in fact, aging adults, and such assistive technologies have strong implications for the design of assistive technology for this age group.

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