Journal articles: 'People with visual disabilities Australia'

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Martin-Fuentes, Eva, Sara Mostafa-Shaalan, and Juan Pedro Mellinas. "Accessibility in Inclusive Tourism? Hotels Distributed through Online Channels." Societies 11, no. 2 (April 12, 2021): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc11020034.

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There is a lack of comprehensive international studies on accommodations for people with disabilities; only small, local-level studies exist. This study aims to show the status of the tourist accommodation sector through the online distribution channel in terms of accessibility to offer more inclusive tourism. A descriptive analysis has been carried out with more than 31,000 hotels from the online travel agency Booking.com, in the 100 most touristic cities in the world. For the first time, an accurate picture of adaptation in the hotel sector for people with disabilities is presented. Results show that the adapted hotel infrastructures by countries are uneven. The main adaptations are those that help to avoid mobility barriers, and in contrast, hotels offer very few adaptations for sensory disabilities such as visual disabilities. Moreover, this study shows that, worldwide, countries with the highest income per capita, such as the United States of America, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates, have the highest degree of hotel adaptation.

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Greenberg, Slava. "Disorienting the Past, Cripping the Future in Adam Elliot’s Claymation." Animation 12, no. 2 (July 2017): 123–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1746847717716255.

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Acclaimed Australian animator Adam Elliot dedicated his career to illustrating the experiences of people with disabilities. Elliot’s first trilogy – Uncle (1996), Cousin (1999) and Brother (2000) – is a black and white claymation accompanied by narration reminiscing beloved family members with disabilities. The article intersects disability studies, phenomenology and film studies in an analysis of the disabled body in Elliot’s claymations and the crip ethics they may evoke in spectators. The author argues that Elliot’s clayographies disorient the past by yearning for it and crip the future by criticizing the marginalization of people with disabilities, and focusing on the desire for life ‘out-of-line’. The hybridity of the trilogy is an infusion of documentary ‘domestic ethnography’ or home videos, centering familial ‘others’ with fictional film-noir that allows entrance into the dark realm of recollection. The viewers are offered bodily experiences that emphasize the body’s vulnerability and perishability, presented not in a tragic or inspirational fashion, but as inseparable from human existence. By conjuring these oppositional cinematic styles and genres in clay, disability is represented as the definition of the human experience through an ethical remembrance.

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Silveira, Susan L., and Robyn Cantle Moore. "Can the functional impact of childhood visual impairment be assessed? A preliminary trial of VIS-Ability." British Journal of Visual Impairment 37, no. 3 (April 14, 2019): 205–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0264619619839742.

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It is accepted that support for children with visual impairment should aim at mitigating for the functional impact experienced. Assessment for support should focus on this functional impact. However, it is now common practice that children in Australia are assessed in clinical environments that do not adequately reflect a child’s everyday functional performance. This article presents a preliminary trial that investigated VIS-Ability – a new approach aimed at identifying behaviours that indicate the functional impact of childhood visual impairment. VIS-Ability is a tool that derived from an e-Delphi study in which professionals experienced in the management of children with visual impairment identified four key areas related to functional impact. The behaviours believed to indicate this impact were also identified and included in VIS-Ability, as simple statements that questioned impact on use of vision in the immediate environment, on spontaneous and continuous use of vision, and on coordination of vision with other tasks. A total of 12 children with visual impairment and no additional disabilities consented to participate in the VIS-Ability preliminary trial. All participants completed VIS-Ability (based on behaviours), and an aggregated result was then compared to the child’s performance on a validated, self-reported (activity-based) questionnaire named the Functional Vision Questionnaire for Children and Young People, 36 items (FVQ_CYP 36). When participant results on VIS-Ability were compared to FVQ_CYP (36) scores, an association between the assessment of functional impact made by each instrument (VIS-Ability: FVQ_CYP 36) was evident. Support systems for children with visual impairment must be founded in assessment that reveals the child’s true needs. The preliminary trial presented a new approach to identifying functional impact named VIS-Ability, an approach that identifies impact through the presence of behaviours rather than clinical measurements. Further evaluation of VIS-Ability will reveal whether this approach assists with the development of better clinical and educational understanding of childhood visual impairment.

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AMES, MARGARET, DAVE CALVERT, VIBEKE GLØRSTAD, KATE MAGUIRE-ROSIER, TONY MCCAFFREY, and YVONNE SCHMIDT. "Responding to Per.Art'sDis_Sylphide: Six Voices from IFTR's Performance and Disability Working Group." Theatre Research International 44, no. 1 (March 2019): 82–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307883318000846.

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This submission by IFTR's Performance and Disability working group features responses by six participants – voices projected from Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Wales, England and Australia – to Per.Art's productionDis_Sylphide, which was presented on 7 July 2018 at the Cultural Institution Vuk Karadžić as part of IFTR's conference in Belgrade at the invitation of the Performance and Disability working group. Per.Art is an independent theatre company founded in 1999 in Novi Sad, Serbia, by the internationally recognized choreographer and performer Saša Asentić, the company's artistic director. The company brings together people with learning disabilities, artists (theatre, dance and visual arts), special educators, representatives of cultural institutions, philosophers, architects and students to make work. This co-authored submission examines how the production responds to three important dance works of the twentieth century – Mary Wigman'sHexentanz(1928), Pina Bausch'sKontakthof(1978) and Xavier Le Roy'sSelf Unfinished(1998) – to explore normalizing and normative body concepts in dance theatre and in society, and how they have been migrating over the course of dance histories. The shared experience of witnessing the performance provoked discussion on the migration of dance forms across time and cultures, as well issues of access and (im)mobility, which are especially pertinent to a disability studies context.

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Rosado, Inger Solange Maitta, Jenmer Maricela Pinargote Ortega, Eva Alcivar Medranda, and Elisa Ximena Coello Basurto. "Teaching Resilience to People With Visual Disabilities." International Research Journal of Management, IT & Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/irjmis.v5i1.592.

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The objective of the research is to develop resilience in people with visual disabilities at the Technical University of Manabí. The work offers a conceptual analysis on visual disability in students. It deals with what is related to the conceptual understanding of resilience, where several authors who have studied the subject are analyzed. The resilient capacity of students with visual impairment and the importance of psychological support is analyzed. The importance of the intervention in resilience is exposed, where the content of the Manual of Intervention in Resilience of Eugenio Saavedra 2011 is analyzed. The results of the measurement of resilience are shown in the students of the Technical University of Manabí who suffer from a visual disability and the situation that could be verified after applying the work of training in resilience to said personnel. Finally, the conclusions of the work are exposed, where the relevance of the study is demonstrated and a group of recommendations is made based on the importance of the results obtained in the research.

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Caudrey, David, and Marguerite Dissinger. "Health Support of People with Disabilities in South Australia." Disease Management & Health Outcomes 15, no. 6 (2007): 341–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00115677-200715060-00003.

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O'Neill, Jenny, Fiona Newall, Giuliana Antolovich, Sally Lima, and Margie H. Danchin. "Adolescent immunisation in young people with disabilities in Australia." Medical Journal of Australia 211, no. 5 (July 24, 2019): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50293.

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O'Korn, Danielle W. D., and Joe E. Wheaton. "Assistive Technology for People with Visual Impairments." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 26, no. 4 (December 1, 1995): 8–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.26.4.8.

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The Technology-Related Assistance Act for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 states that for some individuals with disabilities, assistive technology is a necessity that enables them to engage in or perform many tasks. An important contribution computers have made to enhancing the lives of individuals who have visual impairments is that they have made printed text accessible to these individuals. Specific computer-related technologies for persons with visual impairments and blindness are presented, including speech synthesis, Braille output devices, optical character recognition, and magnification.

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Mital, A., S. Deivanayagam, D. Malzahn, S. Wiker, G. C. Vanderheiden, and A. Freivalds. "Educating People with Disabilities." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 38, no. 6 (October 1994): 417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193129403800606.

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Accommodating individuals with disabilities in the workplace is a rapidly growing concern. Furthermore, those who are functionally impaired are in a dire need of assistance. In a classroom, the main function of a student is to learn. Learning is facilitated by an instructor's lectures, writings on the board, use of audiovisuals, etc. Generally, it is presumed that students do not have any common functional impairments (visual, auditory, etc.) and, therefore, no special effort is made to accommodate those who may have such impairments. Obviously, the learning of a legally-blind student or one who has impaired hearing, for example, will be compromised if no assistance is provided. Then there are issues such as providing reading materials for the blind (college catalogues, lecture notes, etc., in braille?). What should be done? The purpose of this panel discussion is to, in general, address and discuss the issues involved in educating people with disabilities, particularly those that are not very obvious or visible (ex., wheelchair confinement). How should university campuses resolve this problem in this age of dwindling resources? Sensitive issues, such as “Needs of the many versus the needs of the few?” and “What responsibility do we have to the few that really need such assistance?”, also need to be resolved.

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Ford, Jerry. "Employment opportunities for people with disabilities: the view from Australia." Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 10, no. 1 (1998): 71–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jvr-1998-10110.

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Athanasou, James Anthony. "Living, working and earning for people with disabilities in Australia." Australian Journal of Career Development 24, no. 3 (September 8, 2015): 178–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038416215594632.

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PELL, STEPHEN D., ROBYN M. GILLIES, and CARSS MARJORIE. "Use of technology by people with physical disabilities in Australia." Disability and Rehabilitation 21, no. 2 (January 1999): 56–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/096382899297972.

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LITSANG, C., and J. WONG. "Enhancing visual search abilities of people with intellectual disabilities." Research in Developmental Disabilities 30, no. 1 (January 2009): 124–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2008.01.004.

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Power, Christopher, and Helmut Jürgensen. "Accessible presentation of information for people with visual disabilities." Universal Access in the Information Society 9, no. 2 (October 6, 2009): 97–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10209-009-0164-1.

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Ride, Georgia, and Danielle C. Newton. "Exploring professionals' perceptions of the barriers and enablers to young people with physical disabilities accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Australia." Sexual Health 15, no. 4 (2018): 312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh17106.

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Background There is a lack of research on young people with physical disabilities’ access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Australia. Research has found that there are attitudinal, physical and communication barriers for people with disability, in general, accessing health services, including SRH services. This paper explores key informant perceptions of the barriers and enablers to young people with physical disabilities accessing SRH services in Australia. Methods: This research used a qualitative approach and involved semi-structured interviews with key informants. Key informants were identified using purposive and snowball sampling, and included health professionals working in SRH services and disability-focussed organisations. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Key informant interviews were carried out with nine health professionals and professionals from disability-focussed organisations. Key themes were: attitudes, role and capacity of health professionals; and additional supports. These three broad areas can either act as barriers or enablers for young people with physical disabilities to access SRH services. This research highlighted that heterosexual and gender bias creates additional barriers for young women with physical disabilities and young people with physical disabilities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender or intersex (LGBQTI). Conclusion: Young people with physical disabilities face barriers accessing SRH services. Additional barriers are faced by young women and LGBQTI young people with physical disabilities. This paper suggests strategies to overcome these barriers.

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Shukla, Kriti. "Access to assistive technology for people with visual impairment." IHOPE Journal of Ophthalmology 1 (September 23, 2022): 79–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/ihopejo_22_2022.

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Access to assistive technology (AT) is key to inclusion for people with disabilities in society and its development. Over 2.5 billion people need one or more of these devices globally, but about 1 billion do not have access. Access to these products is even more challenging for people with disabilities. This article reviews national data and government initiatives to understand the present situation of access to assistive technologies and the challenges faced by people with visual impairment in acquiring them. Further, the article discusses the key policy recommendations to enhance access to AT.

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Nam Kim, Hyung. "Digital Privacy of Assistive Technology Users with Visual Disabilities." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 66, no. 1 (September 2022): 1105–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661363.

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As technology is advancing, accessibility is also taken care of seriously. Many users with visual disabilities take advantage of, for example, Microsoft's Seeing AI application (app) that is equipped with artificial intelligence. The app helps people with visual disabilities to recognize objects, people, texts, and many more via a smartphone's built-in camera. As users may use the app in recognizing personally identifiable information, user privacy should carefully be treated and considered as a top priority. Yet, little is known about the user privacy issues among users with visual disabilities, such that this study aims to address the knowledge gap by conducting a questionnaire with the Seeing AI users with visual disabilities. This study found that those with visual disabilities had a lack of knowledge about user privacy policies. It is recommended to offer an adequate educational training; thus, those with visual disabilities can be well informed of user privacy policies, ultimately leading to promoting safe online behavior to protect themselves from digital privacy and security problems.

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López-Hernández, Jesús Leonardo, Israel González-Carrasco, José Luis López-Cuadrado, and Belén Ruiz-Mezcua. "Towards the Recognition of the Emotions of People with Visual Disabilities through Brain–Computer Interfaces." Sensors 19, no. 11 (June 9, 2019): 2620. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19112620.

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A brain–computer interface is an alternative for communication between people and computers, through the acquisition and analysis of brain signals. Research related to this field has focused on serving people with different types of motor, visual or auditory disabilities. On the other hand, affective computing studies and extracts information about the emotional state of a person in certain situations, an important aspect for the interaction between people and the computer. In particular, this manuscript considers people with visual disabilities and their need for personalized systems that prioritize their disability and the degree that affects them. In this article, a review of the state of the techniques is presented, where the importance of the study of the emotions of people with visual disabilities, and the possibility of representing those emotions through a brain–computer interface and affective computing, are discussed. Finally, the authors propose a framework to study and evaluate the possibility of representing and interpreting the emotions of people with visual disabilities for improving their experience with the use of technology and their integration into today’s society.

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Adibi, Hossein. "The Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme and People With Disabilities From CALD Backgrounds." International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare 9, no. 3 (July 2020): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2020070101.

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is considered to be the second greatest reform in healthcare in Australia after the introduction of Medicare in Australia in 1983. This reform was introduced in 2012 in two phases. The first phase as a trial took place for three years. The expectation was that the reform will be rolled out by 2019 or 2020. This article argues that the trial implementation process has achieved very positive outcomes in the lives of a great number of people with disability in Australia. At the same time, NDIS is facing many serious challenges in some areas. One of the obvious challenges is that this reform is a market approached reform. The second challenge relates to meeting the needs of minorities. People with disabilities from Culturally and Linguistically Divers (CALD) backgrounds are one of the five most venerable, underutilised users of NDIS services in Australia. They have no strong voice and negotiable abilities. The main question here is how NDIS is to meet its commitment to satisfy the needs of these vulnerable people in Australia.

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Tikhonov, Andrey. "Uprawianie sportu rekreacyjnego a aktywność społeczna osób z dysfunkcją wzroku. Studium przypadku: Centrum Adaptacyjnych Technologii Regionalnej Organizacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych „Nadieżda”." Ekonomia 23, no. 4 (May 23, 2018): 319–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-4093.23.4.25.

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Recreational sport and social activity of visually impaired people. A case study: The Center of Adaptive Technologies of the Regional Nonprofit Organization of Persons with Disabilities “Nadieżda”Totally blind and partially sighted people have to confront threats that decrease their quality of life. The whole world is structured by people who do not challenge visual impairments, and these structures often are not accessible for persons with vision loss. Such conditions thwart active participation in social, economic and political life, and people with visual disabilities are often excluded. It also applies to recreational sports. Blind and partially sighted people often do not have a chance to do sports. Recreational sports are considered to be an effective and necessary tool of rehabilitation. A research that was conducted in the Center of Adaptive Technologies of the Regional Organization for Persons with Disabilities “Nadieżda” showed that people with visual disabilities who do recreational sports can become more active socially and recreational sports can have a positive infl uence on their health.

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Henry, Anthony, and Mohammad Rizaldi. "Signage Design for People with Visual Impairment at Commuter Train Station." International Conference of Innovation in Media and Visual Design 1, no. 1 (November 26, 2020): 137–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/imdes.v1i1.1128.

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The commuter train is one of the mass transportations that connect several regions around Jakarta, these regions were Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. The user and the train station with all of the facilities within it are the aspects that relate to commuter train mobility activities. In practice, there are still problems relating to facilities for users with disabilities that haven’t optimally functioned, including signage that designed for users with disabilities at commuter train stations. A special approach is needed to gain insights from users with disabilities related to their experience and needs that can be processed into consideration when designing signage in the commuter train station area so that they are able to overcome the problem that they encountered when using the facility.

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Woodhouse, J. Margaret. "Eye and vision problems associated with learning disabilities." Tizard Learning Disability Review 24, no. 3 (June 20, 2019): 126–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tldr-01-2019-0001.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to educate professionals, families and supporters about the importance of ensuring regular eye examinations for the people with learning disabilities. Design/methodology/approach This is a general review of the type and prevalence of visual problems of which people with learning disabilities are most at risk. Findings Eye problems in people with learning disabilities are common but are often over-looked. Practical implications Uncorrected refractive errors mean that people are unnecessarily denied experiences and learning opportunities. Spectacles are a simple solution, and most people can be supported to wear them. Cataracts and keratoconus are conditions that can lead to visual impairment, but which are now treatable and learning disabilities should not be a contra-indication to treatment. Untreatable eye conditions mean lifelong visual impairment, but if this is not recognised, care may be inappropriate or the learning disability assumed to be greater than it is. Originality/value The review describes how families and supporters can organise successful eye examinations, to ensure that no-one with learning disabilities has an eye condition that is not managed appropriately.

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McDonnall, Michele C., and Zhen Sui. "Employment and Unemployment Rates of People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Estimates from Multiple Sources." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 113, no. 6 (November 2019): 481–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x19887620.

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Introduction: We examined four sources of data to evaluate the employment status of people with visual impairments, including their current status and a comparison with previous years. Methods: Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and three other nationally representative surveys were utilized to determine employment and unemployment rates for people with visual impairments and to determine whether employment rates have changed over time. Data from ACS were used to compare this population’s employment and unemployment rates to people without disabilities and to people with other types of disabilities. Results: Unemployment rates for people with visual impairments ranged from a low of 4% (in 1994–1995) to a high of 19.8% (in 2011). Employment rates ranged from a low of 36.3% (in 2011) to a high of 44.2% (in 2017), based on ACS estimates. Estimates from all other data sources fall within this range. Based on ACS estimates, employment rates for people with visual impairments have not significantly increased over time. Large gaps in the employment and unemployment rates of people with visual impairments and those without disabilities exist, but these gap have significantly decreased over time. The smaller gaps in these rates for people with visual impairments and those with other disabilities have significantly increased over time. Discussion: These results indicate consistent employment rates for people with visual impairments across time and across different measurement methods and questions. The lowest employment rate, and highest unemployment rate, were recorded following the great recession, and these rates have been improving since 2012. Information for practitioners: Approximately 44% of the U.S. population with a visual impairment is employed, while 10% of people with a visual impairment (who are in the labor force) are unemployed. The remaining 50.9% of the U.S. population with visual impairments are not in the labor force.

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Devile, Eugenia, and Elisabeth Kastenholz. "Accessible tourism experiences: the voice of people with visual disabilities." Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 10, no. 3 (May 4, 2018): 265–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2018.1470183.

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Taniady, Vicko, Reni Putri Anggraini, and Novi Wahyu Riwayanti. "Regulation of Labor with Disabilities in Facing the Digital Revolution: Comparison of Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia." Journal of Judicial Review 23, no. 2 (December 23, 2021): 265. http://dx.doi.org/10.37253/jjr.v23i2.5337.

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This study focuses on research on persons with disabilities in the employment sector. The research method used is normative law by using library research techniques to process secondary data and a comparative study approach. The results of this study reveal that Article 27 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia guarantees that every citizen has the right to have the same rights in work. In addition, several policies such as Law no. 8 of 2016 and Law no. 12 of 2003 have regulated the same thing to eliminate discrimination in the workforce. However, the existing policies are still not running according to the applicable regulations. People with disabilities in Indonesia still experience discrimination in getting a job, so the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is still high. In addition, with the entry of the industrial revolution 4.0 era in Indonesia, it is increasingly difficult for people with disabilities to find work. Thus, there is a need for regulatory reformulation to become the right of persons with disabilities in employment based on the policies of Malaysia and Australia.

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Sabev, Negoslav, Galya Georgieva-Tsaneva, and Galina Bogdanova. "CREATING A SOFTWARE SYSTEM WITH FUNCTIONALITY TO HELP MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL DEFICIT." CBU International Conference Proceedings 6 (September 27, 2018): 734–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v6.1241.

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The software systems that millions of users use everyday around the world are mainly targeted at the main and the largest average group of people - people without disabilities. However, software systems are often inaccessible and unusable for another group of people - people with congenital or acquired disabilities. For a system to be accessible to people with special needs, it must be designed to take account of and be geared to their specific needs, opportunities for using the software systems and the hardware that provides them. This paper presents a model for creating a software system (for a physiological data analysis) that takes into account the needs of people with disabilities and in particular people with visual deficits. This model will ensure the assibilites of the software system and its easy use by both this target group and people without disabilities.

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Aldous, David E. "Perspectives on Horticultural Therapy in Australia." HortTechnology 10, no. 1 (January 2000): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.10.1.18.

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Human awareness of plants in Australia goes back 50,000 years when the aboriginal first began using plants to treat, clothe and feed themselves. The European influence came in 1778 with the First Fleet landing in New South Wales. Australia's earliest records of using horticulture for therapy and rehabilitation were in institutions for people with intellectual disabilities or who were incarcerated. Eventually, legislation created greater awareness in the government and community for the needs of persons with disabilities, and many worthwhile projects, programs and organizations were established or gained greater recognition. Horticultural therapy programs may be found in nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, adult training support services, hospitals, day centers, community centers and gardens, educational institutions, supported employment, and the prisons system. This article reviews the history and development of Australian horticulture as a therapy in the treatment of disabilities and social disadvantaged groups, and includes an overview of programs offered for special populations and of Australia's horticultural therapy associations. It also discusses opportunities for research, teaching and extension for horticultural therapy in Australia.

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Dempsey, Ian, and Phil Foreman. "Trends and Influences in the Integration of Students with Disabilities in Australia." Australasian Journal of Special Education 19, no. 2 (January 1995): 47–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1030011200023459.

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Although support for the integration of students with disabilities has increased in the past 20 years in Australia, it has not been clear to what extent this support has resulted in less restrictive educational placements for these students. This paper reports the results of an analysis of trends in the placement of students with disabilities in Australian schools. The paper also discusses the influence on this educational placement by sex, age and number of disabilities of school students, and their State of residence. This discussion follows the analysis of portions of a national data set compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that related to people with disabilities.

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Sandu, Paula-Bianca, Andreia-Mihaela Stancu, Corina-Andreea Șerban, Roberta-Nicoleta Vasile, and Alexandra-Maria Voicu. "Education and personality in relation to visual impairment. Visual impairment during the Coronavirus pandemic." Review of Psychopedagogy 10, no. 1 (July 20, 2021): 195–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.56663/rop.v10i1.31.

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This article focuses on identifying the differences between the personality of people with visual impairments and people without such disabilities, identifying the influences of Covid-19 pandemic on people with visual impairments and understanding the possibilities of alleviating their difficulties.We also intended to highlight the daily struggles of the visually impaired. During this difficult period -the pandemic - they went through a lot: they could not shop, they could not receive help from other people, because they had to keep their distance and they had to give up their jobs.

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Hong, Sungjin, Heesook Shin, Younhee Gil, and Junghee Jo. "Analyzing Visual Attention of People with Intellectual Disabilities during Virtual Reality-Based Job Training." Electronics 10, no. 14 (July 11, 2021): 1652. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics10141652.

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Virtual reality (VR) has proven an effective means of job training for people with intellectual disabilities who may experience difficulties in learning. However, it is unlikely for them to successfully complete a certain task using only VR-based job training contents without receiving supplemental help from others. Accordingly, to increase the effectiveness of virtual job training for people with intellectual disabilities in training situations in which they may experience difficulty and become unable to proceed further, the contents of the training program need to automatically identify such moments and provide support so that they may correctly perform the task. To identity the moment of intervention, we conducted an experiment (n = 21) to collect eye tracking data of people with intellectual disabilities while performing VR-based barista training. We measured eye scanning patterns to identify any difference between people with intellectual disabilities who complete a given step independently and those who request intervention. We found that the information about the types of fixated objects did not help to identify any difference, but the information about eye transition, eye movements between two different areas of interest, was useful in identifying the difference. Our findings provide implications for identifying the moment of intervention for people with intellectual disabilities.

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Patterson, Jeanne Boland, and Barbara Witten. "Myths Concerning Persons with Disabilities." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 18, no. 3 (September 1, 1987): 42–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.18.3.42.

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Forty myths concerning persons with disabilities were given in a true-false format to 310 college students. One version of the instrument used disabling language and the other did not. Although there was no significant difference in myths scores between the two versions, more than 75% of the students believed (a) persons with visual impairments can hear and feel things no one else can and (b) some jobs and activities are specially suited to people with visual impairments.

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Taylor, MS, Courtney E. "Equal opportunity preparedness and response: Increasing preparedness and response for citizens with visual and auditory impairment." Journal of Emergency Management 7, no. 2 (March 1, 2009): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2009.0006.

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During the planning process for preparedness and response of disasters, people with visual and auditory disabilities are frequently and mistakenly left out. In October of 2003, a television report in San Diego, CA, failed to provide visual warnings to inform Deaf residents during coverage of local fires.1 Confusion during Hurricane Katrina resulted in numerous service animals being separated from their owners.2 Emergency workers were unprepared to assist Deaf people on the 35W bridge collapse of 2007 in Minneapolis, MN. People with visual and auditory disabilities should be aware of their own needs in the event of an emergency, and their community should be aware too. Emergency managers and first responders should take certain precautions in assisting people with disabilities. The preparedness and response stages of visually impaired, auditorily impaired, and service animals are important topics for any community.

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Whiteman, Elaine. "Microwave Cookers: Their Value for People with Disabilities." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 52, no. 2 (February 1989): 55–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030802268905200207.

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This study describes the advantages and disadvantages experienced by a small sample of people with disabilities using microwave cookers. The subjects had a range of disabilities, including visual handicap. Useful features on these cookers, and aids and adaptations for use in conjunction with them, are also discussed. Although not found to be a complete replacement for conventional cookers, for most subjects microwave cookers were helpful in overcoming many physical difficulties involved in cooking.

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Wolffe, K. E., R. T. Roessler, and K. F. Schriner. "Employment Concerns of People with Blindness or Visual Impairments." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 86, no. 4 (April 1992): 185–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9208600407.

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Seventy-six consumer members of the American Council of the Blind with primary disabilities of blindness or visual impairment responded to an Employment Concerns Questionnaire which was developed by consumers, advocates, and service providers. Respondents’ concerns included their not receiving adequate help in developing job search strategies, in obtaining information on career opportunities, and in financing assistive devices.

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Kaley, Alexandra, Chris Hatton, and Christine Milligan. "More Than Words: The Use of Video in Ethnographic Research With People With Intellectual Disabilities." Qualitative Health Research 29, no. 7 (December 6, 2018): 931–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732318811704.

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There is a tendency to exclude people with intellectual disabilities from participating in research about their own lives. While the use of participatory research approaches is increasing, the methods used for engaging people with intellectual disabilities in research are generally limited to interviews and focus groups. Yet a focus on the spoken or written word can present a challenge for those who may prefer to use alternative forms of communication. The purpose of this article is to share the methodological insights gained from a visual ethnographic study that sought to explore the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities engaged in nature based (or “green care”) therapeutic interventions for health and well-being. If used within carefully negotiated relationships, we suggest that video can be an empowering visual medium for doing research that can help to elicit the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities firsthand, without having to rely on the views and perspectives of other people.

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Guerreiro, João. "Technology to support independent navigation of people with visual impairments." XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students 28, no. 3 (March 2022): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3522687.

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Smart cities have the potential to improve mobility for people with disabilities, but only if their needs are considered up front and not as an afterthought. Prior research shows promising paths for real-world deployments and for new technological innovations.

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Dergacheva, I. V., and S. V. Epifantsev. "Principles of inclusive Italian language education for people with visual disabilities." Язык и текст 4, no. 4 (2017): 139–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/langt.2017040411.

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The article describes the principles of inclusive education for the Italian language of persons with visual disabilities, aimed at improving the adaptation of the learning environment for the full integration of disabled people. Learning a foreign language also involves the socialization of visually impaired and blind people in an educational institution, adaptation to the life of the institution and the methods of its work and further socialization in society.

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Bailey, Rebecca, Paul Willner, and Simon Dymond. "A visual aid to decision-making for people with intellectual disabilities." Research in Developmental Disabilities 32, no. 1 (January 2011): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2010.08.008.

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Heinze, Nikki, Claire L. Castle, Syeda F. Hussain, Lauren R. Godier-McBard, Theofilos Kempapidis, and Renata S. M. Gomes. "State Anxiety in People Living with Disability and Visual Impairment during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Disabilities 2, no. 2 (April 20, 2022): 235–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/disabilities2020017.

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There has been growing recognition of the impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions implemented to contain the virus on mental health. This study provides a preliminary assessment of the longitudinal impact on state anxiety in individuals with disabilities and a subsample of individuals with visual impairment (VI). Two surveys were conducted in April–May 2020 (T1) and March 2021 (T2) to explore state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). Participants who consented to being re-contacted were invited to take part in T2. A total of 160 participants completed T1 and T2. There were no significant group differences in median anxiety at T1; however, at T2 anxiety was significantly higher in those with disabilities and there was a trend towards being higher in participants with VI compared to those with no disabilities. While not statistically significant within any of the three subgroups, state anxiety decreased slightly in those with no disabilities. The absence of a disability affecting mobility, experiencing loneliness, and poorer sleep quality predicted state anxiety at both timepoints. While anxiety appeared to decrease in individuals with no disabilities, it remained comparatively stable, and higher in those with disabilities. Loneliness and poor sleep may need to be addressed to alleviate feelings of anxiety.

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Konarska, Joanna. "SOURCES OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE WITH VISUAL AND MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 33, no. 8 (January 1, 2005): 751–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2005.33.8.751.

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The goal of the rehabilitation process is the return of individuals with disabilities to active life. The results of these investigations, and of others conducted under the supervision of this researcher, point out the essential elements that release vital forces to enable these people to lead a normal life. The numerical strength of the groups studied permits statistical conclusions and general statements about people with visual and motor impairments of both acquired and congenital types. Individuals with – and without – disabilities were compared for their self-esteem, level of purpose in life, for system of values and methods of fulfilling their needs. The resulting differences, misfortunes and successes were found to be interrelated more with living conditions than with disability itself.

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Soldatic, Karen, Kelly Somers, Kim Spurway, and Georgia van Toorn. "Emplacing Indigeneity and rurality in neoliberal disability welfare reform: The lived experience of Aboriginal people with disabilities in the West Kimberley, Australia." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 49, no. 10 (July 7, 2017): 2342–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518x17718374.

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This article maps the impact of neoliberal restructuring of disability services and income support measures on Aboriginal people with disabilities living in rural areas of the West Kimberley in Australia. The international literature has extensively documented disability and Indigenous neoliberal welfare retraction measures, though as discrete areas of research. We aim to emplace the intersectional experience of such reforms by exposing their unique and qualitatively different dynamics and processes of disablement and Indigenous dispossession in the lived experiences of Aboriginal Australians with disabilities in rural Australia. Interviews conducted with Aboriginal people with disabilities living in the West Kimberley revealed the impact of neoliberal policies of retracting disability supports and rationalising services. The effects were felt in terms of people’s mobility, autonomy and economic security, with chronic, and at times crisis, levels of socio-economic insecurity experienced. Neoliberal spatial structures have led to further peripheralisation of rural and remote populations and a resulting increase in levels of inequality, deprivation and marginalisation for Aboriginal Australians with disabilities, who endure and survive by navigating these disabling spaces.

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Snowdon, John, and Tom Arie. "Old age psychiatry services: long-stay care facilities in Australia and the UK." Psychiatric Bulletin 26, no. 1 (January 2002): 24–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.26.1.24.

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We are old age psychiatrists; T.A. based in Britain, J.S. in Australia. A return visit by T.A. to Australia allowed us to focus attention on differences between the two countries in their provision of long-term care for old people with mental disabilities. What works well? What constrains development?

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Sediva Neckarova, Alice. "Accessibility of Tourist Attractions to People With Mobility Impairments and People with Visual Impairments in the Town of Jihlava." International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration 2, no. 8 (2015): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.28.1001.

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The paper deals with the topic of making tourist attractions in the regional centre Jihlava accessible to the needs of a specific customer segments – people with physical disabilities, namely wheelchair users and people with visual impairments. This is a relevant topic with both economic and non-economic angle and, at the same time, one that is not sufficiently looked into. In the future the number of visitors with disabilities can be expected to increase, being for the given segment of clients adequately prepared may in fact prove to be a competitive advantage

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van den Broek, E. G. C., C. G. C. Janssen, T. van Ramshorst, and L. Deen. "Visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities: an inventory of visual functioning." Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 50, no. 6 (June 2006): 470–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00804.x.

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Patterson, Ian, Simon Darcy, and Mirja Mönninghoff. "Attitudes and experiences of tourism operators in Northern Australia towards people with disabilities." World Leisure Journal 54, no. 3 (September 2012): 215–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/04419057.2012.702452.

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Carnemolla, Phillippa, Jack Kelly, Catherine Donnelley, Aine Healy, and Megan Taylor. "“If I Was the Boss of My Local Government”: Perspectives of People with Intellectual Disabilities on Improving Inclusion." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 13, 2021): 9075. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13169075.

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Despite many initiatives to reframe and support inclusion for people with disabilities, people with intellectual disabilities continue to experience social exclusion in their local communities. This study shares the perspectives of people with an intellectual disability on what matters to them in their local communities. This study aims to inform local governments of the value of engaging with and listening to local people with intellectual disabilities and is an important exploration of how the social sustainability of cities is framed and valued by people who have historically been socially and geographically excluded. Focus groups and interviews were conducted in six local government areas, with a mix of metropolitan and regional areas, in two states of Australia—NSW and Victoria. The study analysed how 45 Australian adults with intellectual disabilities described their local communities and conceptualised better inclusion. The results were collated and organised by applying an adapted framework of inclusive cities. The participants expressed the need for safe, accessible and clean public amenities; accessible information; appropriate communication; and for people to be more respectful, friendly and understanding of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. This study suggests that local governments can take action in order to improve social sustainability by engaging with local people with intellectual disabilities as citizens, advisors and employees, and by educating the wider community about respect and social inclusion for all.

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Komova, N. S., and V. V. Sokolov. "The Choice of a Profession by Blind Senior Students and their Relevance to the Labor Market." Psychological-Educational Studies 9, no. 4 (2017): 12–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2017090402.

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This article presents results of the research on the professional orientation and employment of blind graduates of schools in six regions of the Russian Federation specialising in teaching children with visual impairments. Also analysis related to the situation with the employment of people with visual disabilities are given. This analysis are based on information from Russian Association Of The Blind. Reasons of low rates of the employment of young people with disabilities are shown. The dependence of the awareness of the choice of the profession by the blind during the period of school education on specifics of the organisation of vocational guidance work for children with visual impairments, as well as on the level of maturity of the personality and personal qualities of students is presented. The ways of overcoming the reasons negatively affecting the results of career guidance work and the employment of graduates of special schools are indicated. Examples of effective career guidance work and successful employment of young people with visual deprivation are given. The article is Amed at researchers involved in education of children with visual disabilities, organisers of career guidance work, tiflopedagogs and parents who have blind children.

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Brady, Erin, Meredith Morris, and Jeffrey Bigham. "Friendsourcing for the Greater Good: Perceptions of Social Microvolunteering." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing 2 (September 5, 2014): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/hcomp.v2i1.13174.

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People with disabilities can be reluctant to friendsource help from their own friends for fear of appearing dependent or annoying. Our social microvolunteering approach has volunteers post friendsourcing tasks on behalf of people with disabilities. We demonstrate this approach via a Facebook application that answers visual questions on behalf of blind users.

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Dinis, Maria Gorete, Celeste Eusébio, and Zélia Breda. "Assessing social media accessibility: the case of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 11, no. 1 (February 6, 2020): 26–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-02-2019-0012.

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PurposeThis paper aims to present a framework to analyse whether information published on social media is accessible for people with disabilities (PwD), namely, visual and hearing disabilities, with an application to a music festival.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used in this exploratory study consists of establishing a recommended framework to assess social media accessibility for PwD, especially for people with visual and hearing disabilities (PwVHD), and analyse, through an observation grid, if the information published on the official pages of the “Rock in Rio Lisboa” music festival on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube is accessible for this target audience.FindingsThe results indicate that, although the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival is promoted as a festival for all, posts on social media are not accessible for people with visual and/or hearing disabilities and do not meet most of the defined parameters established in the proposed assessment framework.Originality/valueSocial media accessibility has not been analysed in previous research in the tourism context. This paper aims to fill in the void by establishing criteria and parameters that can serve as a basis for a framework for accessibility assessment in social media for PwVHD.

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Park, Eun-Young. "Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Usage of People with Disabilities: A Secondary Data Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13 (June 25, 2022): 7813. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137813.

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led our society to lead a life different than before. People, including those with disabilities, have come to rely on information from the Internet. However, there is a lack of empirical studies on the impact of the pandemic on the Internet usage of people with disabilities. To address this gap, this study analyzed data from the 2020 Digital Divide Survey, which comprised data on 7000 non-disabled people and 2200 people with disabilities. This was used to compare the changes in usage of Internet services, and awareness and experience of COVID-19-related non-face-to-face services among non-disabled people and people with physical disabilities, brain lesions, visual impairments, hearing impairments, and language impairments. People with and without disabilities reported increased internet usage, but the increase was significantly higher in the non-disabled population than in people with disabilities (p < 0.05), except for people with language impairments. Specific changes to service usage, experience, and usefulness were different according to the type of disability. The non-disabled population showed a significantly greater increase in the use of social participation services than people with physical disabilities (p < 0.05). The results of this study suggest that digital services need to be developed flexibly to address the unique needs of people with different types of disabilities.

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