...Quang-Vinh Dang Purpose This scoping review maps the extent, range and nature of evidence on how artificial intelligence (AI)–powered assistive technologies support disabled students in higher education, identifying the types of tools in use, the disability groups served, the benefits and barriers...

...Tom Griffiths; Rohan Slaughter Purpose This scoping review explores the landscape of assistive technology (AT) training for professionals working in special education contexts. Despite the recognised importance of AT in supporting equitable access to learning, the professional preparation...

... adaptive, personalized support that enhances accessibility, engagement and independence. The paper explores how AI functions as a socio-technical infrastructure that reconfigures disability and ability in educational contexts. By synthesizing evidence across AI in education, assistive technologies...

...Adekunle Sabitu Oyegoke; Saheed O. Ajayi; Jamiu A. Dauda; Zainab T. Jagun Purpose Housing adaptation enables the elderly and disabled people to live healthy, productive, independent, and dignified lives by making it easier to carry out everyday tasks in a safer environment. Assistive technology...

.... D.S. Mohan Varma can be contacted at: mohanvarmads@gmail.com 15 07 2024 24 09 2024 09 12 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Viability test Assistive technology Rehabilitation Spinal cord injury Stroke...

... who have experience with voice coding. Participants were aged between 20 and 41 (Mean = 29.3, SD = 7.9) with coding experience ranging between 2.5 and 27 years (Mean = 12.9, SD = 9.4). Participants work across a range of coding languages, utilising different assistive technologies to support...

...Frauke Mörike; Ioannis Kiossis Purpose This study aims to provide an explorative perspective on how workarounds – defined as practices that deviate from an official pathway to a target – delineate a decisive element for users with visual impairment to enable assistive technologies in the context...

.... Disability employment Technology empowerment Assistive technology Globally, people with disabilities (PWD) suffer higher unemployment rate of 7.6% average than non-disabled peers (Valentina Stoevska, 2022). PWD also face significant challenges in employment access, animosity and discrimination...

...Bronwyn Lamond; Shimin Mo; Todd Cunningham Purpose Despite the positive impact that assistive technology (AT) can have on the academic success of students with learning disabilities, it is often inconsistently implemented or abandoned. It has been established that teachers' perceived usefulness...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Autism User-initiated design Co-design Phenomenology Assistive technology Independent living An estimated 1% of people in the Western world have been diagnosed with autism (Idring et al., 2012). Autism is also called “autism spectrum condition...

... 10 2022 Immersive telepresence Intellectual disability Sequential task Assistive technology Physical distance COVID People with intellectual and motor disabilities may need life-long support from caregivers to learn and perform even the simplest daily activities that involve...

... to the real desires and needs of refugees (Aal et al., 2014). Accessibility Assistive technology Mental health challenges Refugees with disabilities Healthcare Cultural factors The worldwide number of forced migrants, including refugees, has doubled in the past decade (United...

... is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: bronwyn.lamond@mail.utoronto.ca © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Assistive technology Computer technology Editing assistance Education English language learners Editing assistance...

...Meike Engelhardt; Michał Kosiedowski; Irena Duszyńska Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine in what type of scenarios of daily life assistive technology such as the INSENSION system would provide considerable benefit for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD...

... had the highest rise past year among all institutional care segments at 6.67% (Senior Housing News, 2018). Assistive technology Information communication technology Structural equation modeling Smart home Aging-in-place Home automation As innovations in smart home (SH) automation...

... by the authors. Making 3D-printing Assistive technology Technologies and generative processes for use in the open and highly networked Maker community are now sufficiently developed to produce aids in individualized form, thus promoting social participation and self-determination in everyday life...

... alongside the practicalities associated with implementing assistive technologies in educational settings. The benefits of technology for those with CP are explored, with examples including augmentative and alternative communication systems. The current suitability of the iPad for children and young people...

... language. Assistive technology Sign language CALL Deaf education Learning technology Mobile-assisted language learning Children acquire language and communication skills automatically through interaction with other members of the family and society. But deaf children, because...

...-Djan is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: j.djan@gold.ac.uk 10 04 2018 25 06 2018 13 07 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Assistive technology Bind users Blind drawing Compass-based...

... details were provided. Gillian Ward can be contacted at: gillian.ward@rcot.co.uk 05 01 2018 09 03 2018 09 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Assistive technology Survey Telecare Assisted living...