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Wearables may have notable potential as an assistive technology for persons with various difficulties. Although quite popular, smartwatches' niches are still revealing. One of them is definitely in the domain of assistive technology due to their communication and location features. Positioning...
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This article describes how accessibility to ICTs is understood as conformity to standards, which usually ends in designs that do not consider the singularities of people. This article delves into a participatory approach to accessible design, as an alternative to design guided simply by...
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that restrict the use of disability status as an underwriting criterion for small businesses have unintended consequences … in the labor market. The findings suggest that in states where disability is prohibited as an underwriting criterion …
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Zusammenfassung Eine hohe Arbeitszufriedenheit hat – unabhängig vom Grad der Behinderung – nicht nur einen positiven Einfluss auf die Lebensqualität der Beschäftigten, sondern auch eine hohe Bedeutung für den Arbeitgeber. Trotzdem finden sich in der standardisierten Umfrageforschung kaum...
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In an effort to balance their budgets many states are considering reducing eligibility for Medicaid. Using variation in state policies, this paper models the effect of more stringent eligibility criteria for Medicaid on the insurance status and the use of antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for...
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Zusammenfassung Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen sollen die Chance haben, am allgemeinen Arbeitsmarkt teilzunehmen. Deshalb wurde in einem interdisziplinären Projekt die Tourismusbranche analysiert und das Potenzial für integrative Arbeitsplätze aufgezeigt. In 70 qualitativen Interviews...
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Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Studie analysiert die Barrierefreiheit der Stadt Konstanz im Hinblick auf Angebote für und Nachfrage von Touristinnen und Touristen. Die Datenerhebung basierte auf einem Methodenmix aus Interviews und Umfragen von Probanden und Probandinnen mit Behinderungen und...
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involving someone with a learning disability have been analysed.  …
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Purpose This paper aims to consider the relationship between disability hate crime and safeguarding adults. It … critically considers whether safeguarding responses to disability hate crime have changed following the implementation of the …-structured interviews with key informants who work with disabled people and organisations as part of a wider study on disability hate crime …
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accessibility; fit of intervention to disability type; PwDs’ learning needs; and the context of disability abuse in designing … modified to support their learning and participation. Future studies can target disability abuse by known persons; different … disability groups; and generate longitudinal data to strengthen validity of programme efficacy.  …
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