Paper Info
Title
Understanding the Impact of TVIs on Technology Use and Selection by Children with Visual Impairments.
Abstract
The use of technology in educational settings is extremely common. For many visually impaired children, educational settings are the first place they are exposed to the assistive technology that they will need to access mainstream computing devices. Current laws provide support for students to receive training from Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) on these assistive devices. Therefore, TVIs play an important role in the selection and training of technology. Through our interviews with TVIs, we discovered the factors that impact which technologies they select, how they attempt to mitigate the stigma associated with certain technologies, and the challenges that students face in learning assistive technologies. Through this research, we identified three needs that future research on assistive technology should address: (1) increasing focus on built-in accessibility features, (2) providing support for independent learning and exploration, and (3) creating technologies that can support users with progressive vision loss.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3290605.3300654
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
assistive technology, children with visual impairments, teachers of the visually impaired
Progressive vision loss,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Independent learning,Multimedia,Mainstream,Stigma (botany)
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5970-2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Catherine M. Baker1264.72
Lauren R. Milne2656.63
Richard E. Ladner355021090.33