Journal of Enabling Technologies: Volume 14 Issue 2

Determinants of information communication and smart home automation technology adoption for aging-in-place

Sajay Arthanat, Hong Chang, John Wilcox

Smart home (SH) internet of things can promote home safety, health monitoring and independence of older adults to age-in-place. Despite its commercial growth, low adoption rates…

Assistive technology for people with PIMD in challenging scenarios

Meike Engelhardt, Michał Kosiedowski, Irena Duszyńska

The purpose of this study is to examine in what type of scenarios of daily life assistive technology such as the INSENSION system would provide considerable benefit for people…

Application of virtual reality in people with ASD from 1996 to 2019

Gonzalo Lorenzo, Alejandro Lorenzo-Lledó, Asunción Lledó, Elena Pérez-Vázquez

Diversity is one of the main characteristics of modern societies. To be teachers and trainers, it is necessary to use all the tools to respond to students with diversified needs…

Technology and social care in a digital world: challenges and opportunities in the UK

Kate Hamblin

Technology enabled care (TEC) equipment has been a part of adult social care (ASC) in most areas of the UK for decades. More recently, commissioners have been exploring mainstream…

A preliminary investigation assessing the basic digital capabilities of minimally verbal children on the autism spectrum with intellectual disability

Petr Scholle, Gerardo Herrera, Javier Sevilla, Mark Brosnan

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can demonstrate a preference for using digital technologies which can represent a relative strength within the autism community. Such…