Awareness and barriers to adoption of assistive technologies among visually impaired people in Nigeria.
Assistive technology (AT), broadly defined as specialist equipment designed to promote computer access for people with disabilities, is increasingly becoming popular among people with vision impairment as computer use becomes commonplace in society. In developing and emerging economies, however, the...
| Published in: | Assistive Technology Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 209 - 220 |
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| Format: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019
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