Challenge 5. Support technologies, market and new information systems

Publication title: Challenge 5. Support technologies, market and new information systems

Editorial: Ceapat

Author/s: Dolores Abril Abadín and Lucía Pérez-Castilla Álvarez

Year of publication: 2014

Subject: Communication, Support products, Technology

Support: Digital

Summary:

In this new document from the series 12 months, 12 challenges, the current situation of the assistive technology market is analyzed, the advances in the field of accessibility and universal design, the specific situation of ICT, the challenges that rapid development is posing, as well as the most notable initiatives to improve information. Questions are answered about the use that older people and people with disabilities make of assistive technology, about the role that information about assistive technology plays in the choice and use of these products or about the adaptation of these technologies to the particular needs of users. The document is completed with the opinion of experts and a review of the most relevant regulations in this field.

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