Disability citizenship and independence through mobile technology? : a study exploring adoption and use of a mobile technology platform

Simon Darcy, Hazel Maxwell, Jenny Green

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Abstract

Abstract: This article explores the use of a mobile technology platform as experienced by people with disability, their significant other and service providers. An interpretive qualitative study design was adopted involving observations and interviews. The data were analysed using the combined lenses of the social approach to disability and the PHAATE model which represents the factors for consideration in service design for assistive technology. The findings suggest that the adoption of the technology by those in the study could be characterised by a typology of users. The implications of the typology are discussed together with the influencing factors that affected social participation and disability citizenship.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)497-519
Number of pages23
JournalDisability and Society
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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