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Direct linkKristina N. Randall; Hannah Drew; Elizabeth S. Gilman; Emma Dixon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Assistive technology (AT) has been successfully used by researchers and practitioners to increase task completion and independence in work and home environments for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. While prior research has shown increased outcomes of incorporating AT into daily tasks, research has also…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Family Environment
Julia K. VanderMolen; Courtney Ward-Sutton – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2024
Background: An employer's attitude is essential in the workplace. It is often associated with hiring behaviors, in addition to their required awareness and knowledge of providing reasonable assistive technology (AT) and workplace accommodations (WA) for persons with disabilities (PwDs). Objective: The study aimed to draw out knowledge and feedback…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Personnel Management, Assistive Technology, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Odame, Lois; Osei-Hwedie, Bertha; Nketsia, William; Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Nanor Arthur, Betty – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires state parties to make deliberate laws, policies and administrative measures to safeguard the right to work of persons with disabilities. However, many countries, such as Ghana, run afoul of this requirement. Currently, there are intense campaigns in Ghana aimed at…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, College Graduates, Employer Attitudes, Education Work Relationship
Okungu, Phoebe A.; Griffin-Shirley, Nora; Pogrund, Rona L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2019
Introduction: This study was intended to explore and identify the experiences and perceptions of teachers of students with visual impairments who are blind concerning their accommodation needs and to establish their opinions on what improvements can be made. Method: A qualitative case study design was used and was collected through interviews,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Students with Disabilities
Konrad, Annika – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article investigates how normative attitudes about work construct barriers to workers who are blind and visually impaired. The researcher collected narratives about rhetorical experiences from blind and visually impaired participants in the United States and analyzed accounts of these workplace interactions to identify rhetorical commonplaces…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness, Visual Impairments, Workplace Learning
Download full textHornsby, Benjamin W. Y.; Naylor, Graham; Bess, Fred H. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Fatigue is common in individuals with a variety of chronic health conditions and can have significant negative effects on quality of life. Although limited in scope, recent work suggests persons with hearing loss may be at increased risk for fatigue, in part due to effortful listening that is exacerbated by their hearing impairment. However, the…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Fatigue (Biology), Hearing Impairments, Risk
