A new tablet-based program to support leisure and video calls in people with intellectual and motor disabilities.
BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disability and motor impairment have reduced opportunities to participate in recreational and communication activities. OBJECTIVE: This study reports on the evaluation of a new tablet-based program to help seven participants with mild/moderate or moderate intelle...
| Published in: | Technology & Disability Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 111 - 122 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=143829228&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 143829228 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10554181 3QS jtl: Technology & Disability issn: 10554181 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 32 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 143829228 143829228 143829228 10.3233/TAD-200268 143829228 ppf: 111 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A new tablet-based program to support leisure and video calls in people with intellectual and motor disabilities. aug: au: Lancioni, Giulio E. Singh, Nirbhay N. O'Reilly, Mark F. Sigafoos, Jeff Grillo, Giovanna Desideri, Lorenzo Alberti, Gloria Campodonico, Francesca affil: University of Bari, Bari, Italy sug: subj: Program Evaluation Methods Support, Psychosocial Leisure Activities Videoconferencing Intellectual Disability Motor Skills Disorders Communication Skills Computers, Hand-Held Human Social Media Descriptive Statistics Recreation Adult Middle Age Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disability and motor impairment have reduced opportunities to participate in recreational and communication activities. OBJECTIVE: This study reports on the evaluation of a new tablet-based program to help seven participants with mild/moderate or moderate intellectual disability, motor impairment, and limited communication skills to access leisure events and video calls independently. METHODOLOGY: The program relied on the use of a tablet fitted with the WhatsApp Messenger and MacroDroid applications. The leisure and communication options (i.e., music, films, and video calls) were presented in sequences of three. The participant could choose the first, second or third element of the sequence by touching/covering the tablet's proximity sensor once, twice or three times. The program was evaluated according to a non-concurrent multiple baseline design across participants. RESULTS: During the baseline (i.e., when the program was not in use), the participants failed to access leisure events or video calls independently. During the post-intervention (i.e., with the program), their mean percentages of session time spent with the two types of engagement were within the 80–90 range. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the new tablet-based program can be a fairly efficient and beneficial tool to enable people with intellectual disability and motor impairments to access leisure events and video calls independently. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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