Journal of Assistive Technologies: Volume 6 Issue 2

Reminders that make sense: designing multisensory notifications for the home

Marilyn R. McGee‐Lennon

The purpose of this paper is to present a synthesized overview of empirical work carried out in the MultiMemoHome Project in the area of designing multimodal reminders for home…

Patient‐centred cardio vascular disease management – end‐user perceptions

Anandhi Vivek Dhukaram, Chris Baber, Paolo De Stefanis

The application of pervasive systems to healthcare has increased in recent years, but resistance to such systems by patients remains high. In this study, the aim is to examine…

The ethical evaluation of assistive technology for practitioners: a checklist arising from a participatory study with people with dementia, family and professionals

Beatrice Godwin

Uncertainty over ethical impact may hinder uptake of assistive technology (AT) in dementia. This study aims to examine whether AT contributes to person‐centred care, whether users…

Accessible digital assessments for students with disabilities: specification, formats and implementation in schools

Paul Nisbet

Many learners with disabilities and special educational needs have difficulty reading or accessing traditional paper examinations at school. The most common method of…

Signing recognition and Cloud bring advances for inclusion

Jonathan Hassell, Abi James, Martin Wright, Ian Litterick

The paper's aim is to focus on: two projects that investigated innovative assistive technology solutions for people who sign (uKinect) and people with print impairments…

The Kellogg College Centre for Research into Assistive Learning Technologies

Lorna McKnight, Chris Davies

This article aims to introduce the Kellogg College Centre for Research into Assistive Learning Technologies, which is a new research centre based at the University of Oxford.

Digital access to culture

Marcus Weisen

The Jodi Awards exist to promote digital access to culture. This paper aims to give some background to the Awards and to profile the 2011 winner and commendation.

Editorial

Chris Abbott