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Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Volume 15, 2020 - Issue 5
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The influence of social context on the perception of assistive technology: using a semantic differential scale to compare young adults’ views from the United Kingdom and Pakistan

Salman AsgharDepartment of Product and Industrial Design, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan; ;Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; Correspondence[email protected]
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George Edward TorrensLoughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5097-0484
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Hassan IftikharSchool of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong;
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Ruth WelshLoughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom;
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Robert HarlandSchool of the Arts English and Drama, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Pages 563-576 | Received 09 May 2019, Accepted 18 Jul 2019, Published online: 25 Sep 2019

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Mamoona Mushtaq & Richard Oliver de Visser. (2023) Gender role beliefs and wellbeing among young adults in Pakistan and the United Kingdom: Testing a multiple moderator model. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 0:0, pages 1-14.
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Flávia Xavier Macedo de Azevedo, Rüdiger Heimgärtner & Karsten Nebe. (2023) Development of a metric to evaluate the ergonomic principles of assistive systems, based on the DIN 92419. Ergonomics 66:6, pages 821-848.
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Salman Asghar, George Edward Torrens, Mamuna Iqbal, Hassan Iftikhar & M. A. Mujtaba. (2023) Cultural bias: a comparison of semantic responses by 126 students from Pakistan and the United Kingdom to a wheelchair when viewed against a congruent and incongruent background. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 18:2, pages 127-139.
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Richard O. de Visser, Mamoona Mushtaq & Fauzia Naz. (2022) Masculinity beliefs and willingness to seek help among young men in the United Kingdom and Pakistan. Psychology, Health & Medicine 27:5, pages 1052-1062.
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Mohamed I. Maalim & Malcolm MacLachlan. (2022) The Assistive Technology Passport: A Resource for Enhancing Capabilities as a Result of Better Access to Assistive Technology. Societies 12:6, pages 182.
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Eugenie Golubova, Sandra D Starke, Michael D Crossland & James S Wolffsohn. (2021) Design considerations for the ideal low vision aid: insights from de‐brief interviews following a real‐world recording study. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 41:2, pages 266-280.
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