MacLachlan, Malcolm and Scherer, Marcia J
(2018)
Systems thinking for assistive technology: a
commentary on the GREAT summit.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13 (5).
pp. 492-496.
ISSN 1748-3107
Abstract
The area of assistive technology has a long history of technological ingenuity and innovation. In order to
ensure that the benefits of assistive technology are equitably distributed across the population and life
course, it is necessary to adopt a systemic approach to the area. We describe examples of systems thinking
and non-systems thinking across 10 Ps. These Ps are People (or users, as the primary beneficiaries of assistive
technology), Policy, Products, Personnel, Provision (as key strategic drivers at systems level); and Procurement,
Place, Pace, Promotion and Partnership (as key situational factors for systems). Together these Ps should constitute a framework for an “open” system that can evolve and adapt, that empowers users, inter-connects
key components and locates these in the reality of differing contexts. The adoption of a stronger systems
thinking perspective within the assistive technology field should allow for more equitable, more resilient and
more sustainable assistive technology across high, middle- and low-income contexts and countries.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Assistive technology;
systems thinking;
sustainable development
goal; user involvement; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
13230 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1472306 |
| Depositing User: |
Malcolm MacLachlan
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Sep 2020 08:49 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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