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The use of ICT in day and residential services by adults with learning disabilities.

The use of ICT in day and residential services by adults with learning disabilities.
The use of ICT in day and residential services by adults with learning disabilities.
The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by adults with learning disabilities has been positively promoted over the past decade. More recently, policy statements and guidance from the UK government have underlined the importance of ICT for adults with learning disabilities specifically, as well as for the population in general, through the potential it offers for social inclusion. The aim of the present study was to provide a picture of how ICT is currently being used within one organisation providing specialist services for adults with learning disabilities and more specifically to provide a picture of its use in promoting community participation. Nine day and 14 residential services were visited as part of a qualitative study to answer three main questions: What kinds of computer programs are being used? What are they being used for? Does this differ between day and residential services? Computers and digital cameras were used for a wide range of activities and ‘mainstream’ programs were used more widely than those developed for specific user groups. In day services, ICT was often embedded in wider projects and activities, whilst use in houses was based around leisure interests. In both contexts, ICT was being used to facilitate communication, although this was more linked to within-service activities, rather than those external to service provision.
0007-1013
31-44
Parsons, Sarah
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Porter, Jill
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Robertson, Christopher
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Daniels, Harry
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Porter, Jill
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Parsons, Sarah, Daniels, Harry, Porter, Jill and Robertson, Christopher (2006) The use of ICT in day and residential services by adults with learning disabilities. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37 (1), 31-44. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00516.x).

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The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by adults with learning disabilities has been positively promoted over the past decade. More recently, policy statements and guidance from the UK government have underlined the importance of ICT for adults with learning disabilities specifically, as well as for the population in general, through the potential it offers for social inclusion. The aim of the present study was to provide a picture of how ICT is currently being used within one organisation providing specialist services for adults with learning disabilities and more specifically to provide a picture of its use in promoting community participation. Nine day and 14 residential services were visited as part of a qualitative study to answer three main questions: What kinds of computer programs are being used? What are they being used for? Does this differ between day and residential services? Computers and digital cameras were used for a wide range of activities and ‘mainstream’ programs were used more widely than those developed for specific user groups. In day services, ICT was often embedded in wider projects and activities, whilst use in houses was based around leisure interests. In both contexts, ICT was being used to facilitate communication, although this was more linked to within-service activities, rather than those external to service provision.

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Published date: January 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 170821
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/170821
ISSN: 0007-1013
PURE UUID: 34560354-71b9-4bb1-a0be-f2ff82b9d5d8
ORCID for Sarah Parsons: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2542-4745

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Author: Sarah Parsons ORCID iD
Author: Harry Daniels
Author: Jill Porter
Author: Christopher Robertson

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