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Chapter 7
Sociotechnical
EnvironmentsandAssistive
TechnologyAbandonment
Stefan Parry Carmien
Contents
7.1 Introduction............................................................................................. 167
7.2 Assistive Technology ................................................................................168
7.2.1 AT for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities ...................................169
7.2.2 AT: Adoption and Abandonment..................................................169
7.2.2.1 Abandonment Based on the “Universe of One” .............. 170
7.3 he MAPS Environment..........................................................................172
7.3.1 he MAPS-Design-Environment (MAPS-DE).............................173
7.3.2 he MAPS-Prompter (MAPS-PR)................................................ 174
7.4 Conculation .............................................................................................177
References ......................................................................................................... 178
7.1 Introduction
his chapter will explore the use of sociotechnical analysis in design of assistive
technology. We will discuss assistive technology (AT) and the various user types
(roles) that are involved in its development and adoption, with particular focus
on the high rate of abandonment of complex assistive technology. We will con-
trast the conventional approach of studying system design and adoption using a
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