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Socio-Psychological Barriers in Assistive Technology Adoption for Totally Blind People

Neeraj Sachdeva, Socio-Psychological Barriers in Assistive Technology Adoption for Totally Blind People. In: Neeraj Sachdeva, Honxiu Li (Eds.), Well-Being in the Information Society, 145–158, Springer, 2012.

Abstract:

In recent years, assistive technology for people with disabilities has been enhanced to offer better quality of life. The Comprehensive Assistive Technology (CAT) Model explains assistive technology adoption for people with disabilities, including blindness and visual impairment. However, the ‘optimistic’ outlook of assistive technology adoption models fails to highlight the socio-psychological barriers in technology adoption in the case of totally blind people. Using perspectives drawn from the CAT Model and relevant research highlighting attributes associated specifically with blindness, this paper examines socio-psychological barriers in assistive technology adoption for totally blind people.

Examination of relevant literature pertaining to assistive technology adoption models and socio-psychological attributes applicable to totally blind people ascertains that negative social conditioning, need for control over surroundings, frustration, anxiousness, and social embarrassment are barriers in assistive technology adoption. These results highlight the need for further practical research to analyze attributes that restrict assistive technology adoption, as well as the need for broader research into barriers of assistive technology adoption. The results provide practical opportunities to remove the barriers that inhibit assistive technology adoption for totally blind people.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpSachdeva_Neeraj12a,
  title = {Socio-Psychological Barriers in Assistive Technology Adoption for Totally Blind People},
  booktitle = {Well-Being in the Information Society},
  author = {Sachdeva, Neeraj},
  editor = {Sachdeva, Neeraj and Li, Honxiu},
  publisher = {Springer},
  pages = {145–158},
  year = {2012},
  keywords = {Assistive Technology Adoption, Totally Blind People, Socio-Psychological Attributes},
}

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