Enhanced Participation or Just Another Activity? The Social Shaping of iPad Use for Youths with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Isaksson, Charlotta; Björquist, Elisabet
Titel	Enhanced Participation or Just Another Activity? The Social Shaping of iPad Use for Youths with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 25 (2021) 4, S.619-635 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Isaksson, Charlotta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-6295
DOI	10.1177/1744629520911311
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Participation; Program Effectiveness; Day Programs; Residential Programs; Foreign Countries; Recreational Activities; Learning Activities; Skill Development; Technology Uses in Education; Children; Youth; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Teilnahme; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Ausland; Freizeitgestaltung; Lernaktivität; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Schweden
Abstract	The use of smartphones and tablet devices in activities is believed to have great potential for enhancing the participation of people with intellectual disabilities. However, these technologies, in themselves, do not contribute to participation. What matters is how they are used. Employing the concept of domestication and insights gained from interviews with staff, this article examines conditions for the enhanced participation of youths with intellectual disability and how tablet devices are being integrated into social care settings, in particular. The findings reveal two approaches to tablet integration. In one approach, tablet use is an organized practice focused on technology acquisition, skills improvement and entertainment. In the other, it is integrated into existing practices as an aid to interpersonal communication. The organized digital activities create conditions for the youths to participate like non-disabled peers. The greatest potential for enabling participation with each other is when the youths themselves initiate the use of tablets. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01