Catering for personal autonomy with e-mentoring supported by recommendations

  1. Santos, Olga C. 1
  2. Barrera, Carmen 1
  3. Mazzone, Emanuela 1
  4. Boticario, Jesús G. 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

Book:
Handbook of research on personal autonomy technologies and disability informatics
  1. Pereira-Loureiro, Javier (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference

ISBN: 9781605662060,  9781605662077

Year of publication: 2011

Pages: 191-203

Type: Book chapter

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Abstract

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.

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