Catering for personal autonomy with e-mentoring supported by recommendations
- Santos, Olga C. 1
- Barrera, Carmen 1
- Mazzone, Emanuela 1
- Boticario, Jesús G. 1
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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- Pereira-Loureiro, Javier (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Medical Information Science Reference
ISBN: 9781605662060, 9781605662077
Año de publicación: 2011
Páginas: 191-203
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
This chapter presents a technology solution based on a recommender system supporting people with intellectual disabitities in their work integration and independent life, in the scope of the CISVI and AMI4lnclusicion research projects. Information and Communication Technologies are essential for supporting personal autonomy and improving the quality of life of disabled people. The technology can contribute in a twofotd way: (1) facilitating the work of the human mentor when training people with intellectual disabilities and (2) automatically offering them advice and recommendations in response to certain cues/actions detected in the environment.