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  • Challenges of user-centred assistive technology provision in Australia: Shopping without a prescription

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    Steel, E.J.
    Layton, N.A.
    Foster, Michele M.
    Bennett, Sally
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Foster, Michele M.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Purpose: People with disability have a right to assistive technology devices and services, to support their inclusion and participation in society. User-centred approaches aim to address consumer dissatisfaction and sub-optimal outcomes from assistive technology (AT) provision, but make assumptions of consumer literacy and empowerment. Policy discourses about consumer choice prompt careful reflection, and this paper aims to provide a critical perspective on user involvement in assistive technology provision. Methods: User-centred approaches are considered, using literature to critically reflect on what user involvement means ...
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    Purpose: People with disability have a right to assistive technology devices and services, to support their inclusion and participation in society. User-centred approaches aim to address consumer dissatisfaction and sub-optimal outcomes from assistive technology (AT) provision, but make assumptions of consumer literacy and empowerment. Policy discourses about consumer choice prompt careful reflection, and this paper aims to provide a critical perspective on user involvement in assistive technology provision. Methods: User-centred approaches are considered, using literature to critically reflect on what user involvement means in AT provision. Challenges at the level of interactions between practitioners and consumers, and also the level of markets and policies are discussed, using examples from Australia. Results: There is no unanimous conceptual framework for user-centred practice. Power imbalances and differing perspectives between practitioners and consumers make it difficult for consumers to feel empowered. Online access to information and international suppliers has not surmounted information asymmetries for consumers or lifted the regulation of publicly funded AT devices. Conclusions: Ensuring access and equity in the public provision of AT is challenging in an expanding market with diverse stakeholders. Consumers require personalised information and support to facilitate their involvement and choice in AT provision.
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    Journal Title
    Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2014.941953
    Copyright Statement
    © 2016 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology on 18 Jul 2014, available online: https://doi.org/10.3109/17483107.2014.941953
    Subject
    Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Public Health and Health Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/172918
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