Ward-Sutton Courtney, Williams Natalie F, Moore Corey L, Manyibe Edward O
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma; Independent Researcher, Oklahoma, USA.
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma.
J Appl Rehabil Couns. 2020;51(2):115-133.
The purpose of this article was to provide a comprehensive overview of the available peer-reviewed and gray literature on assistive technology (AT) access and usage barriers among African Americans with disabilities. Authors completed a historical review (Onwuegbuzie & Frels, 2016) of the extant literature on AT and disability public policy mandates by framing the context on AT access and usage disparities among African Americans with disabilities and discussing AT impacts on employment for African Americans. The authors also presented recommendations that might be considered by the field for increasing AT access and usage among African Americans with disabilities. It is clear that AT and associated assistive products are important commodities to the lives of individuals with disabilities in the United States; however, there are historical inequities between African Americans and Whites. As a result of these findings, the authors implore rehabilitation counselors in education and practice to further examine ways to alleviate the AT access and usage gaps for African Americans with disabilities within public policy, vocational rehabilitation service delivery, and institutional infrastructure systems.
本文旨在全面概述有关非裔美国残疾人士辅助技术（AT）获取与使用障碍的同行评审文献和灰色文献。作者通过阐述非裔美国残疾人士在AT获取与使用方面的差距背景，并讨论AT对非裔美国人就业的影响，对现有关于AT和残疾公共政策指令的文献进行了历史回顾（Onwuegbuzie & Frels，2016）。作者还提出了该领域可考虑的建议，以增加非裔美国残疾人士对AT的获取与使用。显然，AT及相关辅助产品对美国残疾人士的生活至关重要；然而，非裔美国人和白人之间存在历史上的不平等。基于这些研究结果，作者恳请教育和实践领域的康复顾问进一步研究如何在公共政策、职业康复服务提供和机构基础设施系统中，缩小非裔美国残疾人士在AT获取与使用方面的差距。
