Empowering individuals with do-it-yourself assistive technology
Empowering individuals with do-it-yourself assistive technology
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为个人提供自助辅助技术
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2011
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J. Tobias
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作者：
A. Hurst;J. Tobias
辅助技术使个人能够完成他们可能无法完成的任务。不幸的是，购买的辅助技术设备中有很大一部分（35%或更多）最终未被使用或丢弃[7,10]，这使得许多人使用的辅助技术不适合他们的需求。辅助技术的低接受率有很多原因，但常见的因素包括1)在选择时缺乏考虑用户的意见，2)获得设备的容易程度，3)设备性能差，以及4)用户需求和优先级的变化bbb。我们正在努力帮助更多的人获得他们需要的辅助技术，让非工程师“自己动手”（DIY），并创造、修改或建造。本文说明了定制辅助技术是可能的，并论证了为什么授权用户制作他们自己的辅助技术可以改善采用过程（以及随后的采用率）。我们讨论了个人的DIY经验和印象，他们之前要么建立了辅助技术，要么依赖于它。我们发现，对设计元素、激情和成本的控制增加，促使人们自己制作辅助技术，而不是购买它。我们讨论了新一代快速原型工具和在线社区如何赋予更多个人权力。我们将我们的发现综合到设计建议中，以帮助促进未来DIY-AT的成功。
Assistive Technologies empower individuals to accomplish tasks they might not be able to do otherwise. Unfortunately, a large percentage of Assistive Technology devices that are purchased (35% or more) end up unused or abandoned [7,10], leaving many people with Assistive Technology that is inappropriate for their needs. Low acceptance rates of Assistive Technology occur for many reasons, but common factors include 1) lack of considering user opinion in selection, 2) ease in obtaining devices, 3) poor device performance, and 4) changes in user needs and priorities [7]. We are working to help more people gain access to the Assistive Technology they need by empowering non-engineers to "Do-It-Yourself" (DIY) and create, modify, or build. This paper illustrates that it is possible to custom-build Assistive Technology, and argues why empowering users to make their own Assistive Technology can improve the adoption process (and subsequently adoption rates). We discuss DIY experiences and impressions from individuals who have either built Assistive Technology before, or rely on it. We found that increased control over design elements, passion, and cost motivated individuals to make their own Assistive Technology instead of buying it. We discuss how a new generation of rapid prototyping tools and online communities can empower more individuals. We synthesize our findings into design recommendations to help promote future DIY-AT success.