The Convergence and Mainstreaming of Integrated Home Technologies for People with Disability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Perspectives on Disability Underlying Research into Integrated Home Technologies
3. Framework for Understanding Functioning and Technology as Environmental Factors
4. Environmental Interventions as Part of Rehabilitation
5. Common Terms and Definitions for Assistive Technology
6. Interconnectivity between Technologies and Environments
7. Convergence of Assistive Technologies in Smart Homes
8. Mainstreaming Inclusive Design
- adaptable (configurable in such a way to tailor to individual user’s requirements)
- adaptive (automatically adapting to the user’s preferences),
- based on more flexible architectures (mobile and ubiquitous computing, with applications that can be downloaded from the “cloud”) [47] (p. 10).
9. Future Directions
10. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Assistive Technology (AT) | “…inclusive of products, environmental modifications, services, and processes that enable access to and use of these products, specifically by persons with disabilities and older adults” [39] cited on page 3 of [40]. |
Technology designed to be utilized in an assistive technology device or assistive technology service. Section 3(3) of the Assistive Technology Act) [41]. | |
Assistive Products (or AT Devices) | Assistive products include especially produced or generally available devices, equipment, instruments, or software used by or for persons with disability
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Assistive Technology Services | Any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device [41]. |
Electronic Assistive Technology (EAT) | Refers to a broad range of devices. All electronic assistive technologies use information and communication technology (ICT) as a core component, generating dynamic, often intelligent devices capable of invoking a response following an action by a user. In addition, integration of a networked ICT infrastructure facilitates device communication, widening functional capability and capacity [6]. |
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | Extended term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information [42]. |
Smart Home Technology (SHT) | Any technology that automates a home-based activity [43]. |
A smart home is viewed as a holistic and centrally controlled environment that enables interpretation of resident health needs and proactively responds to changes in health [44]. | |
Personal living spaces of older adults with embedded sensor technologies to promote independence and wellness are termed smart homes [45]. | |
Smart houses include devices that have automatic functions and systems that can be remotely controlled by the user to enhance comfort, energy saving, and security for the residents of the house [19]. | |
A residential setting equipped with a set of advanced electronics, sensors, and automated devices specifically designed for care delivery, remote monitoring, early detection of problems or emergency cases, and promotion of residential safety and quality of life [46]. | |
Smart Home and Ambient Assisted Living (SHAAL) | Systems utilize advanced and ubiquitous technologies, including sensors and other devices that are integrated in the residential infrastructure or are wearable, to capture data describing activities of daily living and health-related events [46]. |
Ambient Assisted Living | Use of information and communication technologies to augment the life environment and make it “smarter” (more adaptable, adaptive) for everybody [47]. |
Environmental Adaptations | Also termed home modifications or environmental interventions, refers to the alteration of aspects of environment(s) to facilitate access and outcomes for individuals and groups [26]. |
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Layton, N.; Steel, E. The Convergence and Mainstreaming of Integrated Home Technologies for People with Disability. Societies 2019, 9, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9040069
Layton N, Steel E. The Convergence and Mainstreaming of Integrated Home Technologies for People with Disability. Societies. 2019; 9(4):69. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9040069
Chicago/Turabian StyleLayton, Natasha, and Emily Steel. 2019. "The Convergence and Mainstreaming of Integrated Home Technologies for People with Disability" Societies 9, no. 4: 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9040069