Abstract
The POSEIDON project aims to increase the independence and autonomy of people with Down syndrome (DS) with the help of technical assistants. To find out which daily activities people with DS can manage on their own and where help can lead to a greater independence, a survey was conducted as a first step of the project. All in all, 583 questionnaires were filled in by carers of people with DS. Data indicate that help increases the number of people with DS being able to manage certain activities with the help of technical assistants.
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Karde AS, Middlesex University, Fraunhofer IGD, Berlin Institute for Social Research, Funka Nu, Tellu AS, Norwegian Network for Down Syndrome, Down’s Syndrome Association – UK, Association Down-Syndrome – Germany.
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Available under www.bis-berlin.de/POSEIDON/Quest/RequirementAnalysis.pdf.
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Children under 10 years and people who have not reported their age are excluded.
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All people who need very little, some degree or a lot of help are summarized in one group who “can do this with help”.
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Engler, A., Zirk, A., Siebrandt, M., Schulze, E., Oesterreich, D. (2017). Mobility Competencies of People with Down Syndrome Supported by Technical Assistance. In: Braun, A., Wichert, R., Maña, A. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10217. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56997-0_19
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