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Assistive Technology
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Disparities in Usage of Assistive Technology Among People With Disabilities

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Pages 194-203 | Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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Soo Oh, Tenelle Hodson, Melissa Kendall, Camila Shirota & Elizabeth Kendall. (2023) A technology-focused service within a rehabilitation setting: exploring the experiences and current technology demands of people with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-10.
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Richard Armstrong-Wood, Chrysovalanto Messiou, Amber Kite, Elisabeth Joyce, Stephanie Panousis, Hannah Campbell, Arnaud Lauriau, Julia Manning & Tom Carlson. (2023) Smartphone accessibility: understanding the lived experience of users with cervical spinal cord injuries. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-12.
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Khalid A. Alshamrani, Marla C. Roll, Matt P. Malcolm, Aryn A. Taylor & James E. Graham. (2023) Assistive technology services for adults with disabilities in state-federal vocational rehabilitation programs. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-10.
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Elsa M. Orellano-Colón, Marta Rivero-Méndez, Blanca N. Ralat-Fonseca, Nelson Varas-Díaz, Mauricio Lizama-Troncoso, Ivonne Z. Jiménez-Velázquez & Jeffrey W. Jutai. (2022) Multilevel barriers to using assistive technology devices among older hispanics from poor and disadvantaged communities: the relevance of a gender analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 0:0, pages 1-17.
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Nandini Modi & Jaiteg Singh. (2022) A survey of research trends in assistive technologies using information modelling techniques. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 17:6, pages 605-623.
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Keith Tsz-Kit Chan & Christina Marsack-Topolewski. (2022) Examining social determinants in use of assistive technology for race/ethnic groups of older adults. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 17:6, pages 703-711.
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Diana Ramirez-Hernandez, Renerus J. Stolwyk, Jodie Chapman & Dana Wong. (2022) The experience and acceptability of smartphone reminder app training for people with acquired brain injury: a mixed methods study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 32:7, pages 1263-1290.
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Jonathan Howard, Zoe Fisher, Andrew H. Kemp, Stephen Lindsay, Lorna H. Tasker & Jeremy J. Tree. (2022) Exploring the barriers to using assistive technology for individuals with chronic conditions: a meta-synthesis review. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 17:4, pages 390-408.
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David A. Brunow & Theresa A. Cullen. (2021) Effect of Text-to-Speech and Human Reader on Listening Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities. Computers in the Schools 38:3, pages 214-231.
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Elsa M. Orellano-Colón, Stephanie Harrison-Cruz, Edith López-Lugo, Stephanie Ramos-Peraza, Alexandra Meléndez-Ortiz, Johan Ortiz-Torres & Janice Rodríguez-Marrero. (2020) Assistive technology self-management intervention for older Hispanics: a feasibility study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 15:8, pages 862-870.
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Fleur Heleen Boot, Malcolm MacLachlan & John Dinsmore. (2020) Are there differences in factors influencing access and continued use of assistive products for people with intellectual disabilities living in group homes?. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 15:2, pages 173-182.
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Elsa M. Orellano-Colón, Marta Rivero-Méndez, Mauricio Lizama & Jeffrey W. Jutai. (2018) Assistive technology unmet needs of independent living older Hispanics with functional limitations. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 13:2, pages 194-200.
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Song-Iee Hong. (2016) Community older adults’ attitude towards the use of assistive devices. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 26:4, pages 217-230.
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Charlotte Löfqvist, Björn Slaug, Henrik Ekström, Marianne Kylberg & Maria Haak. (2016) Use, non-use and perceived unmet needs of assistive technology among Swedish people in the third age. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 11:3, pages 195-201.
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Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, Shondra Loggins Clay, Chung-Yi Chiu, Reginald Alston & Allen Lewis. (2016) Assistive technology use by disability type and race: exploration of a population-based health survey. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 11:2, pages 124-132.
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Alyce Folan, Linda Barclay, Cathy Cooper & Merren Robinson. (2015) Exploring the experience of clients with tetraplegia utilizing assistive technology for computer access. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 10:1, pages 46-52.
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Shondra Loggins, Reginald Alston & Allen Lewis. (2014) Utilization of assistive technology by persons with physical disabilities: an examination of predictive factors by race. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 9:6, pages 487-492.
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Marianne Kylberg, Charlotte Löfqvist, Vibeke Horstmann & Susanne Iwarsson. (2013) The use of assistive devices and change in use during the ageing process among very old Swedish people. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 8:1, pages 58-66.
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Debra M. Sellers & Melinda Stafford Markham. (2012) Raising Awareness of Assistive Technology in Older Adults Through a Community-Based, Cooperative Extension Program. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 33:3, pages 287-301.
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Maria Larsson Lund, Ann-louice Lövgren-engström & Jan Lexell. (2011) Using everyday technology to compensate for difficulties in task performance in daily life: experiences in persons with acquired brain injury and their significant others. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6:5, pages 402-411.
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Lynn Gitlow, Destiny Dininno, Lindsay Choate, RaechellA. Luce & Kathleen Flecky. (2011) The Provision of Assistive Technology by Occupational Therapists Who Practice in Mental Health. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health 27:2, pages 178-190.
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Jacquie Ripat & Roberta Woodgate. (2011) The intersection of culture, disability and assistive technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6:2, pages 87-96.
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Sally Lindsay & Irina Tsybina. (2011) Predictors of unmet needs for communication and mobility assistive devices among youth with a disability: the role of socio-cultural factors. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6:1, pages 10-21.
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John Morris, James Mueller & Michael Jones. (2010) Tomorrow's elders with disabilities: what the wireless industry needs to know. Journal of Engineering Design 21:2-3, pages 131-146.
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Mitchell P. LaPlante & H. Stephen Kaye. (2010) Demographics and Trends in Wheeled Mobility Equipment Use and Accessibility in the Community. Assistive Technology 22:1, pages 3-17.
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