Increasing independence through access to technology

通过获取技术增强独立性

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04669
• 负责人: Davies, Theresa
• 金额: $ 2.62万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=686669
• 关键词: Increasing; independence; through; access; technology

The Principles of Universal Design were introduced in the 1970s to ensure equal access for people with impairments. However, these principles focused primarily on mobility issues and they lack guidelines for development of computer access tools to engage individuals with planning and motor disabilities. I intend to fill this gap by developing a framework to support assistive technology design that enables effective computer access. This will allow individuals with disabilities greater participation in society. My research will include development of a model that accounts for physical, planning and motor control aspects of human movement. We will further develop a universally designed algorithm that improves point and click computer access for people with motor control impairment.****Research into computer access mechanisms can provide fundamental insights into the sources of movement differences among people, devices, conditions, and impairment levels. We propose to develop a gamified testing environment that allows us to collect information about movement times, strategies, and trajectories from people with and without impairment. Gamified environments are designed to motivate participants to achieve specific goals, in this case, quick, accurate movements towards a target. We have shown that simple movement models are not representative for individuals with disability and more complex models are required. These models will provide the basis for understanding complex coordination patterns of individuals with disability and may contribute to more fundamental research regarding dynamic systems theory.****Given different mechanisms and modes of access, we can create models of human movement that include characteristics common to users with impairments (erroneous clicking, target slip-offs, large ballistic movements). These models will serve to identify specifications and requirements for which a universally applicable algorithm can be developed to enhance computer use, for example, one that may decrease cursor speed as the cursor gets closer to a target.****HQP training of five undergraduate (UG) students, two MASc students and four PhD students will occur. Each will become skilled in communicating with stakeholders and evidence-based research. The UG students will be trained in research protocols, ethics, motion analysis systems, and will assist in collecting data. The MASc students will develop a gamified testing protocol and evaluate the current state of the art. The PhD students will develop models of human movement based on computer access.****While many researchers develop systems and algorithms to increase access to computers, this is the first to model the movements to better understand what human effects contribute to movement difficulties before developing an algorithm. A truly universally designed system can enhance access for differing population groups and access modes.**

通用设计原则是在20世纪70年代引入的，目的是确保残疾人士享有平等的机会。然而，这些原则主要侧重于行动问题，缺乏开发计算机访问工具的指导方针，以吸引有规划和运动障碍的个人。我打算通过开发一个框架来支持辅助技术设计，从而实现有效的计算机访问来填补这一空白。这将使残疾人能够更多地参与社会。我的研究将包括开发一个模型，该模型可以解释人类运动的物理、计划和运动控制方面。我们将进一步开发一种通用设计的算法，为运动控制障碍患者改善点按式计算机访问。****对计算机访问机制的研究可以为人们、设备、条件和损伤水平之间的运动差异的来源提供基本的见解。我们建议开发一个游戏化的测试环境，使我们能够收集有关运动时间，策略和轨迹的信息，从有和没有损伤的人。游戏化环境旨在激励参与者实现特定目标，在这种情况下，即快速准确地朝着目标移动。我们已经证明，简单的运动模型并不代表残疾个体，需要更复杂的模型。这些模型将为理解残疾个体复杂的协调模式提供基础，并可能有助于有关动态系统理论的更基础的研究。****考虑到不同的机制和访问模式，我们可以创建人类运动模型，其中包括有缺陷的用户的共同特征（错误点击，目标滑动，大型弹道运动）。这些模型将用于确定规范和需求，从而可以开发出普遍适用的算法来增强计算机的使用，例如，当光标靠近目标时可能会降低光标速度。****将对5名本科生、2名硕士生和4名博士生进行HQP培训。每个人都将在与利益相关者和循证研究沟通方面变得熟练。UG的学生将接受研究方案、伦理、运动分析系统方面的培训，并协助收集数据。MASc学生将开发一个游戏化测试协议，并评估当前的艺术状态。博士生将开发基于计算机访问的人体运动模型。****虽然许多研究人员开发系统和算法来增加对计算机的访问，但这是第一个在开发算法之前更好地了解人类影响导致运动困难的运动模型。一个真正普遍设计的系统可以增强不同人群和访问模式的访问