Advanced Technology in the Lives of Disabled People, 2007-2008

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Advanced Technology in the Lives of Disabled People, 2007-2008 assesses the use, application and role of advanced technologies in the lives of disabled people. Although disabled people are excited by the potential benefits of using new advanced technological devices at home, research has shown that one third of assistive devices are abandoned early and lie unused. This study aimed to explore why this happens, what the users actually need and how technology can rise to the challenges of flexibility and user choice. This study comprises 45 semi-structured interviews with people with a variety of different disabilities. In the study, 'disabled people' are people between the ages of 18 and 65 who have impairments (physical/sensory/learning difficulties/ mental health issues). 'Advanced technologies' are devices (often electronic) that assist the disabled person or improve functioning. These take many different forms, for example an automatic door opener can be attached to a closed circuit TV system, mobile telephones can act as universal pagers to alert the user to a number of environmental hazards, (for example, fire, gas escape). Further information can be found on ESRC MATILDAH project web page and the IDRIS research centre website. Additional information and a range of publications are available from the ESRC Award web page.

Main Topics:

The interviews covered the following themes:technology currently usedlearning challenges faced from new technologychoice and flexibilityabandonment of technologydevelopment of new technology in the future

Quota sample

Continuous sampling and interviewing of individuals as available.

Face-to-face interview

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6343-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=64f43cecd433e9e9236e0c689f59feef5733b7b2746ff131484066c93852266b
Provenance
Creator Hine, N., University of Dundee, School of Computing; Harris, J., University of Dundee, College of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Education, Social Work and Community Education; Arnott, J., University of Dundee, School of Computing; Kroll, T., University of Dundee, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2009
Funding Reference Economic and Social Research Council
Rights Copyright J. Harris, J. Arnott, N. Hine and T. Kroll; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p>
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Representation
Resource Type Text; Semi-structured interview transcripts
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage England; Scotland