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Islands of abilities in seas of deficits:
Unexpected abilities that can be leveraged
Islands of deficits in seas of abilities:
Causes of unexpected activity failures
Figure7.1
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Social System
Technical System
Social
Structure
Technology
MIS
(Direct)
Community
People
(Individuals)
Tasks
Figure7.2
Relationshipbetweensocialsystemandtechnicalsystem.
high as 70% in some cases [21]—causing the consequence that the very population
that could most benefit from technology is paying for expensive devices that end up
in the back of closets after a short time.
AT for cognitive disabilities (and to a lesser degree all AT) presents unique
design challenges stemming from being in the intersection of assistive technology
and cognitive science. One aspect of this is that due to the distance between the
experience of the designer and the end-users systems are often inappropriate or
ineffetive in real context of use.
Individuals with cognitive disabilities are often unable to live independently due
to their inability to perform activities of daily living, such as cooking, housework, or
shopping. By being provided with
socio-technicalenvironments
[19] (see Figure 7.2) to
extend their abilities and thereby their independence, these individuals can lead lives
less dependent on others. Traditionally, training has provided support for activities of
daily living by utilizing prompting and task segmentation techniques. Clients were
