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Recognizing Everyday Information Technologies as Assistive Technologies for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2018)

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In this short paper, we shed light on the potential for everyday Information Technologies (IT) to serve as Assistive Technologies for Cognition (ATC) for persons with cognitive disabilities. We present the results of a review and thematic analysis of definitions of ATC included in peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings published within the last decade. We then provide a critical analysis of researchers’ descriptions of ATC, emphasizing the need for definitions of these technologies that are inclusive of everyday IT. The discussion provided in this paper may serve to broaden current conceptualizations of ATC and IT, thus promoting greater access and accessibility of technologies for persons with cognitive disabilities.

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  1. School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Jessica Nicole Rocheleau

  2. School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Virginie Cobigo & Hajer Chalghoumi

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  2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Rocheleau, J.N., Cobigo, V., Chalghoumi, H. (2018). Recognizing Everyday Information Technologies as Assistive Technologies for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10896. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_78

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