Harniss Mark, Samant Raja Deepti, Matter Rebecca
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle, WA , USA .
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2015 Jul;10(4):267-70. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2015.1039607. Epub 2015 May 8.
This special issue addresses access to and service delivery of assistive technology (AT) in resource-limited environments (RLEs). Access to AT is complicated not simply by limited funds to purchase AT, but by larger ecosystem weaknesses in RLEs related to legislation and policy, supply, distribution, human resources, consumer demand and accessible design. We present eight diverse articles that address various aspects of the AT ecosystem. These articles represent a wide range of AT, many different countries and different research methods. Our goal is to highlight a topic that has received scant research investigation and limited investment in international development efforts, and offer an insight into how different countries and programs are promoting access to AT. We encourage researchers, funders and non-profit organizations to invest additional effort and resources in this area.
本期特刊探讨了资源有限环境中辅助技术（AT）的获取与服务提供问题。获取辅助技术不仅因购买辅助技术的资金有限而变得复杂，还因资源有限环境中在立法与政策、供应、分发、人力资源、消费者需求以及无障碍设计等方面存在的更大的生态系统弱点而变得复杂。我们呈现了八篇不同的文章，这些文章探讨了辅助技术生态系统的各个方面。这些文章涵盖了广泛的辅助技术、许多不同的国家以及不同的研究方法。我们的目标是突出一个在国际发展努力中受到极少研究调查且投资有限的主题，并深入了解不同国家和项目是如何促进辅助技术的获取的。我们鼓励研究人员、资助者和非营利组织在这一领域投入更多的精力和资源。
