Benefits and challenges of using assistive technology in the education and rehabilitation of Individuals with visual impairments.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-29 DOI:10.1080/17483107.2024.2344802

Sonja Alimović

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Abstract

Purpose: Individuals with visual impairments use assistive technology in various aspects of life. Professionals who work with visually impaired people need to know about assistive technologies. The purpose of this study was to analyse the benefits and challenges of assistive technologies by assessing the degree of satisfaction with assistive technologies in different life situations expressed both by users and by professionals.

Materials and methods: Data were collected from 36 individuals with visual impairments and 27 professionals using online questionnaires. Further information was obtained from five individuals with visual impairments through focus group interviews.

Results: The results show that 26 (72.2%) individuals with visual impairments and almost all professionals (N = 25; 92.6%) acknowledge the benefits of using assistive technology. They recognise the importance of assistive technology in independent living for individuals with visual impairments. However, 27 (75%) individuals with visual impairment and 26 (96.3%) professionals consider financial constraints to be the biggest problem.

Conclusion: More cost-effective technologies need to be developed, and social policies and opportunities created so that every individual with visual impairment can obtain assistive technologies that meet their needs. This would increase the independence of individuals with visual impairments in all areas of life.

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在视力障碍者的教育和康复中使用辅助技术的益处和挑战。

目的：视障人士在生活的各个方面都需要使用辅助技术。从事视障人士工作的专业人员需要了解辅助技术。本研究的目的是通过评估用户和专业人员在不同生活场景中对辅助技术的满意程度，分析辅助技术的益处和挑战：使用在线问卷从 36 名视障人士和 27 名专业人士处收集数据。此外，还通过焦点小组访谈从 5 名视障人士那里获得了更多信息：结果显示，26 名（72.2%）视障人士和几乎所有专业人士（N = 25；92.6%）都承认使用辅助技术的好处。他们认识到辅助技术对视障人士独立生活的重要性。然而，27 名（75%）视障人士和 26 名（96.3%）专业人士认为经济拮据是最大的问题：结论：需要开发更具成本效益的技术，并创造社会政策和机会，使每个视障人士都能获得满足其需求的辅助技术。这将提高视障人士在生活各个领域的独立性。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.