Use of mobile phones by people with disabilities : a tool for empowerment or disempowerment?

• Main Authors: Han, Angela Shiyun, Rasyida Samsudin, Lian, Yiting, Tasneem Banu M Ali
• Other Authors: Arul Indrasen Chib
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45289
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Around 10 percent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability. This number is expected to increase as the global population ages (WHO, 2006). The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been shown to enhance the development of health, edu...