TY - JOUR
T1 - Establishment of resource portal of Assistive Technology in Taiwan
AU - Lee, Shwn Jen
AU - Yang, Ya Hsin
AU - Huang, Ping Chin
AU - Cheng, Yu Ting
AU - Lee, Chen Horong
AU - Wang, Tzyy Jiuan
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by the Ministry of Interior Taiwan and National Yang Ming University. We would like to express our special thanks to everyone who participated in this project.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Purpose. To establish an Assistive Technology (AT) resource portal for users, professionals and policy-makers in Taiwan to provide a new and versatile information network for AT popularization. Methods. The Centre for AT Resources and Popularization (CATR@@P), integrated the resources primarily from five AT Resource Centres of the Ministry of Interior in Taiwan. CATR@@P invited representatives of organizations for people with disabilities, AT specialists and policy-makers to join the task force. A web company was responsible for website software design and collaboration with CATR@@P, which included planning portal functions, all user-friendly interfaces and pilot testing. Results. The Resource Portal of AT was officially online in October 2006. The portal was structured with 19 main functions and the contents of this new portal are versatile and multifunctional. It contains vast amounts of national and international resources such as archives of AT centres, AT products, a professionals directory, websites linkage, full text of the AT Companion Journal, E-paper, on-line consultation services, frequently asked questions, and on-line questionnaires. Conclusions. Integration of Taiwan AT resources in conjunction with the internet technology has made resources more available for people with disabilities and society.
AB - Purpose. To establish an Assistive Technology (AT) resource portal for users, professionals and policy-makers in Taiwan to provide a new and versatile information network for AT popularization. Methods. The Centre for AT Resources and Popularization (CATR@@P), integrated the resources primarily from five AT Resource Centres of the Ministry of Interior in Taiwan. CATR@@P invited representatives of organizations for people with disabilities, AT specialists and policy-makers to join the task force. A web company was responsible for website software design and collaboration with CATR@@P, which included planning portal functions, all user-friendly interfaces and pilot testing. Results. The Resource Portal of AT was officially online in October 2006. The portal was structured with 19 main functions and the contents of this new portal are versatile and multifunctional. It contains vast amounts of national and international resources such as archives of AT centres, AT products, a professionals directory, websites linkage, full text of the AT Companion Journal, E-paper, on-line consultation services, frequently asked questions, and on-line questionnaires. Conclusions. Integration of Taiwan AT resources in conjunction with the internet technology has made resources more available for people with disabilities and society.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - popularization
KW - resource integration
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U2 - 10.1080/17483100802281327
DO - 10.1080/17483100802281327
M3 - Article
C2 - 19117195
AN - SCOPUS:63449090361
SN - 1748-3107
VL - 3
SP - 344
EP - 350
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
IS - 6
ER -