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Policy development and access to wireless technologies for people with disabilities: results of policy Delphi research

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Paul M. A. Baker,

Nathan W. MoonAuthors Info & Claims

Universal Access in the Information Society, Volume 9, Issue 3

Pages 227 - 237

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-009-0170-3

Published: 01 August 2010 Publication History

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This paper discusses the relationship between policy research and policy change, and it provides examples of the policy research outcomes informed by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for People with Disabilities’ (Wireless RERC) policy research process. In 2005 and 2006, the center conducted empirical research, using the policy Delphi polling methodology, to probe key stakeholders’ opinions on the most significant issues surrounding the adoption and use of wireless communication and information technologies by people with disabilities. Drawing on the results of three rounds of polling, the Wireless RERC developed a set of policy options, and “fine-tuned” them using participating stakeholders from the disability community, wireless industry, and policymakers.

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Universal Access in the Information Society Volume 9, Issue 3

Special Issue: Designing Inclusive Futures

August 2010

100 pages

ISSN:1615-5289

EISSN:1615-5297

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Zeagler CLish JCheezburger EWoo MTynan KMorton EMannan SChristensen EEggleston JGreenfield PChoi CGustafsson AHolmgren JIyer AChi MGandy MLevy LBolter JKaltenbrunner MMurer MWolf KOakley I(2021)YOU BETTA WERK: Using Wearable Technology Performance Driven Inclusive Transdisciplinary Collaboration to Facilitate Authentic LearningProceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3430524.3440622(1-12)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MIC.2015.74

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