Disabled people’s experiences of using assistive devices- the case of Taichung city & county

• Main Authors: Chang, Shih-Chi, 張世琦
• Other Authors: Yu-Yu Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/18583166456600714698

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 社會政策與社會工作學系 === 97 === The purpose of this qualitative study focused on disabled people’s experiences of using assistive devices, by using case study method to examine disabled people’s experiences in Taichung County and City that have entered into the service system. By using in-depth interviews technique, respondents of this study were a total of seven disabled people and one assistive device service professional. The researcher based on Matching Person and Technology Model to view the disabled people’s experiences and subjective feelings of assistive devices. After data analysis: When it comes to the sources of information about the assistive device service, it could be marked by the time point entering the service system as a basis for classification: 1. In the early stages of entering the service system, the sources of information of the adult disabled people and the parents of disabled children, generally come from the professionals of service system. 2. After entering the service system about four or five years, professional’s advices gradually fade out, the sources of information of the adult disabled people and the parents of disabled children, would gradually turn to their families. Through family members to assist each other, the adult disabled people and the parents of disabled children were after several trials and errors, they would be gradually aware of the necessary services for the disabled people. They would begin to try their own search to acquire assistive device services. Finally, the results from this study bring up several proposals for those who are engaged in assistive device services for the disabled people and the relevant government units of reference: to enable service users to understand the meaning of assistive device services; integration of assistive device services and resources; to encourage the professionals to have a good interactive relationship with their cases; to enhance assistive device services with general public; to enhance the update rate of services provided by the government; to reduce the impact of the digital gap; to enable assistive device manufacturers work together to develop assistive device.