Boot, Fleur Heleen and Dinsmore, John and Khasnabis, Chapal and MacLachlan, Malcolm
(2017)
Intellectual Disability and Assistive Technology: Opening the GATE Wider.
Frontiers in Public Health, 5.
p. 10.
ISSN 2296-2565
Abstract
The World Health Organization has launched a program to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE). The objective of the GATE program is to improve access to high quality, affordable assistive technology for people with varying disabilities, diseases, and age-related conditions. As a first step, GATE has developed the assistive products list, a list of priority assistive products based on addressing the greatest need at population level. A specific group of people who can benefit from user appropriate assistive technology are people with intellectual disabilities. However, the use of assistive products by people with intellectual disabilities is a neglected area of research and practice, and offers considerable opportunities for the advancement of population health and the realization of basic human rights. It is unknown how many people with intellectual disabilities globally have access to appropriate assistive products and which factors influence their access. We call for a much greater focus on people with intellectual disabilities within the GATE program. We present a framework for understanding the complex interaction between intellectual disability, health and wellbeing, and assistive technology.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
intellectual disabilities; assistive technology; assistive devices; global health; public health policy;
health inequality; World Health Organization; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: |
11632 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00010 |
| Depositing User: |
Malcolm MacLachlan
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| Date Deposited: |
11 Nov 2019 14:41 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Frontiers in Public Health |
| Publisher: |
Frontiers Media |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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