A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study
BackgroundPeople with severe or profound intellectual disability and visual impairment tend to have serious problems in orientation and mobility and need assistance for their indoor traveling. The use of technology solutions may be critically important to help them curb those...
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BackgroundPeople with severe or profound intellectual disability and visual impairment tend to have serious problems in orientation and mobility and need assistance for their indoor traveling. The use of technology solutions may be critically important to help them curb those problems and achieve a level of independence.
ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess a new technology system to help people with severe to profound intellectual disability and blindness find room destinations during indoor traveling.
MethodsA total of 7 adults were included in the study. The technology system entailed a barcode reader, a series of barcodes marking the room entrances, a smartphone, and a special app that controlled the presentation of different messages (instructions) for the participants. The messages varied depending on whether the participants were (1) in an area between room entrances, (2) in correspondence with a room entrance to bypass, or (3) in correspondence with a room entrance representing the destination to enter. The intervention with the technology system was implemented according to a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across participants. Sessions included 7 traveling trials, in each of which the participants were to reach and enter a specific room (1 of the 7 or 9 available) to deliver an object they had carried (transported) during their traveling.
ResultsThe participants’ mean frequency of traveling trials completed correctly was between zero and 2 per session during the baseline (without the system). Their mean frequency increased to between about 6 and nearly 7 per session during the intervention (with the system).
ConclusionsThe findings suggest that the new technology system might be a useful support tool for people with severe to profound intellectual disability and blindness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db2b93a7c9114f46ba8f0156275e683f2024-11-27T18:15:31ZengJMIR PublicationsJMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies2369-25292024-11-0111e6568010.2196/65680A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series StudyGiulio E Lancionihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-2345Gloria Albertihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-2003Chiara Filippinihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2282-3537Nirbhay N Singhhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-4847Mark F O’Reillyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6433-3475Jeff Sigafooshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-759XIsabella Orlandohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-6081Lorenzo Desiderihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-2907 BackgroundPeople with severe or profound intellectual disability and visual impairment tend to have serious problems in orientation and mobility and need assistance for their indoor traveling. The use of technology solutions may be critically important to help them curb those problems and achieve a level of independence. ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess a new technology system to help people with severe to profound intellectual disability and blindness find room destinations during indoor traveling. MethodsA total of 7 adults were included in the study. The technology system entailed a barcode reader, a series of barcodes marking the room entrances, a smartphone, and a special app that controlled the presentation of different messages (instructions) for the participants. The messages varied depending on whether the participants were (1) in an area between room entrances, (2) in correspondence with a room entrance to bypass, or (3) in correspondence with a room entrance representing the destination to enter. The intervention with the technology system was implemented according to a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across participants. Sessions included 7 traveling trials, in each of which the participants were to reach and enter a specific room (1 of the 7 or 9 available) to deliver an object they had carried (transported) during their traveling. ResultsThe participants’ mean frequency of traveling trials completed correctly was between zero and 2 per session during the baseline (without the system). Their mean frequency increased to between about 6 and nearly 7 per session during the intervention (with the system). ConclusionsThe findings suggest that the new technology system might be a useful support tool for people with severe to profound intellectual disability and blindness.https://rehab.jmir.org/2024/1/e65680 |
| spellingShingle | Giulio E Lancioni Gloria Alberti Chiara Filippini Nirbhay N Singh Mark F O’Reilly Jeff Sigafoos Isabella Orlando Lorenzo Desideri A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies |
| title | A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study |
| title_full | A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study |
| title_fullStr | A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study |
| title_short | A Technology System to Help People With Intellectual Disability and Blindness Find Room Destinations During Indoor Traveling: Case Series Study |
| title_sort | technology system to help people with intellectual disability and blindness find room destinations during indoor traveling case series study |
| url | https://rehab.jmir.org/2024/1/e65680 |
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