Could assistive technology provision models help pave the way for more environmentally sustainable models of product design, manufacture and service in a post …

B Oldfrey, G Barbareschi, P Morjaria, T Giltsoff… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
From multiple studies conducted through the FCDO AT2030 Programme, as well as key
literature, we examine whether Assistive Technology (AT) provision models could look …

Assistive technology (at), for what?

V Austin, C Holloway - Societies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amartya Sen's seminal Tanner lecture: Equality of What? began a contestation on social
justice and human wellbeing that saw a new human development paradigm emerge—the …

Applying market shaping approaches to increase access to assistive technology in low-and middle-income countries

M Savage, S Albala, F Seghers, R Kattel… - Assistive …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Development outcomes are inextricably linked to the health of the marketplace that delivers
products and services to people in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Shortcomings …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging the Digital Disability Divide: Determinants of Internet Use among Visually Impaired Individuals in Thailand

T Phochai, P Setthasuravich, A Pukdeewut… - Disabilities, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the sociodemographic and contextual determinants influencing
Internet usage among individuals with visual impairments in Thailand, contributing to the …

When the wheelchair is not enough: What capabilities approaches offer assistive technology practice in rural Argentina

N Layton, S Contepomi, M del Valle Bertoni… - Societies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article considers the lives of disabled people requiring assistive technology who live in
contexts of urban poverty. Provision is often constrained by a range of contextual factors …

A design process to define public challenges addressing SDGs

H Medeiros, GAV Santos, BN Guedes… - Revista de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
How might we define local innovation challenges that are user-centered but also address
strategic goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? We propose a design …

Assistive Technology and the Wellbeing of Societies from a Capabilities Approach

N Layton, J Borg - Societies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This Special Issue considers two core facilitators of functioning: assistive technology and
environmental intervention. Assistive technology includes assistive products and related …

How does access to Assistive Technology mediate recourse to Disability Justice for urban poor people? A study centring the experiences of disabled slum dwellers in …

V Austin - 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
This thesis addresses the central question of the role of Assistive Technology (AT) in
mediating recourse to disability justice, centring the experiences of disabled slum dwellers …

A human rights-based approach to assistive technology provision in global policy

C Holloway, G Barbareschi, OV Codina… - … on Disability Policy, 2023 - elgaronline.com
The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
explicitly stated the human rights to which persons with disabilities are entitled. Assistive …

The purely economic case for investing in assistive technology and health in lower and upper-middle income economies: Input-output and network analysis of the …

O Valles Codina - 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, health and assistive technology are not only basic
human rights, but also critical for the functioning of all economic activity. Lack of access is …