Published: 2017-04-04

Blind and visually impaired people’s preferences in choosing assistive technology

Emilia Śmiechowska-Petrovskij
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2017.1.13

Abstract

The article discusses the issue of blind and visually impaired people’s preferences in choosing assistive technology. Assistive technology is an important tool for them as it helps in the process of education, communication and mobility by compensating the lack of visual information. The article, which is based on a research, shows possibilities and barriers of using AT by people with vision problems and places a special emphasis on the social factors determining preferences in choosing hardware and software. Review and analysis of empirical data allowes to formulate important conclusions for the practice of education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired people.

Keywords:

preferences, blindness, visual impairment, assistive technology, Braille system, social factors

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Śmiechowska-Petrovskij, E. (2017). Blind and visually impaired people’s preferences in choosing assistive technology. Pedagogical Forum, 7(1), 185–196. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2017.1.13

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