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4 Technologies to Promote Community Integration and Participation Through Community Design
4 Technologies to Promote Community Integration and Participation Through Community Design
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Jon Sanford, associate professor in the College of Architecture and director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access at Georgia Tech, described workplace accommodations that can foster not just participation but inclusion. In both cases, these changes could have benefits for everyone, not just people with disabilities.
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Automated vehicle research, which seeks to create vehicles that can drive on their own, could be an even greater boon to travelers with disabilities. The second paradigm involves advanced research in such areas as artificial intelligence, computer machine learning, and brain-reinforced learning.
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These accommodations are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act.2 Title III of that act mandates particular technical requirements for public facilities. For the workplace, Title I of the act mandates "reasonable 2 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 336, 101st Congress, 2nd sess.
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Vision Limitations Employees with vision limitations reported receiving such accommodations as reading aids, electronic media scanners, magnifiers, enlarged print, Braille documents, antiglare devices, new displays, assistants, and redesigned jobs. Nonetheless, 12 percent of 18- to 54-year-olds, 17 percent of 55- to 64-year-olds, and 50 percent of employees older than 64 reported receiving no accommodations at all (see Table 4-1)
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. Cognitive Limitations For people with cognitive limitations, accommodations to help them attend to their tasks included checklists, reminder devices, timers, job coaches, assistants, and redesigned jobs, but 32 percent of 18- to 54-yearold employees, 42 percent of 55- to 64-year-old employees, and 50 percent of employees older than 64 reported receiving no accommodations (see Table 4-3)
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Sanford described data collected in an unpublished study by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations at the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access at Georgia Tech. This telephone survey of 54 vocational rehabilitation clients found TABLE 4-5 Accommodations for Dexterity Limitations Buddy Equipment Gripping None Group System Assistant Modifications Aids Provided 18-54 14% 12% 11% 11% 15% 55-64 21% 11% 5% 5% 21% 65+ 7% 14% 7% 7% 21% SOURCE: Williams et al., 2006.
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A technology may produce workplace activity but not workplace participation if an employee is not able to engage in a shared experience that creates a sense of belonging. Similarly, accessibility implies access not only to spaces but to conversations, meetings, social events, and the other aspects of the workplace.
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Augmented reality, which involves superimposing content onto a scene that is either in physical space or a computer-generated image, can be used as a navigation tool, provide coaching for specific tasks, or offer job training. Finally, universal design can incorporate accessibility technologies into the everyday design of product and spaces to support both activity and participation.
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