Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study
The study assessed a new interactive technology system for helping six people with intellectual and visual disabilities exercise relevant physical responses embedded within a fairly straightforward activity (i.e., placing objects in containers). Activity responses consisted of the participants takin...
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| author | Giulio E. Lancioni Gloria Alberti Chiara Filippini Valeria Chiariello Nirbhay N. Singh Mark F. O’Reilly Jeff Sigafoos |
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| description | The study assessed a new interactive technology system for helping six people with intellectual and visual disabilities exercise relevant physical responses embedded within a fairly straightforward activity (i.e., placing objects in containers). Activity responses consisted of the participants taking objects from the floor or a low shelf and placing those objects in a container high up in front of them (thus bending their body and legs and stretching their arms and hands). The technology involved a portable computer, a webcam, and three mini speakers whose basic functions included monitoring the participants’ responses, delivering preferred stimulation contingent on the responses and verbal encouragements/prompts for lack of responses, and assisting in data recording. The study was conducted following a non-concurrent multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline (i.e., when the system was used only for data recording), the participants’ mean frequency of responses per session varied between zero and nearly 12. During intervention (i.e., when the system was fully working), the participants’ mean frequency of responses per session increased to between about 34 and 59. Mean session duration varied between nearly 10 and over 14 min. The new system may be a valuable tool for supporting relevant physical activity engagement in people with intellectual and multiple disabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48c6a471f02241d9bfd5d9daf6ea54672023-11-19T18:20:09ZengMDPI AGTechnologies2227-70802023-09-0111512010.3390/technologies11050120Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series StudyGiulio E. Lancioni0Gloria Alberti1Chiara Filippini2Valeria Chiariello3Nirbhay N. Singh4Mark F. O’Reilly5Jeff Sigafoos6Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, 70121 Bari, ItalyLega F. D’Oro Research Center, 60027 Osimo, ItalyLega F. D’Oro Research Center, 60027 Osimo, ItalyLega F. D’Oro Research Center, 60027 Osimo, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USACollege of Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, GA 78712, USASchool of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New ZealandThe study assessed a new interactive technology system for helping six people with intellectual and visual disabilities exercise relevant physical responses embedded within a fairly straightforward activity (i.e., placing objects in containers). Activity responses consisted of the participants taking objects from the floor or a low shelf and placing those objects in a container high up in front of them (thus bending their body and legs and stretching their arms and hands). The technology involved a portable computer, a webcam, and three mini speakers whose basic functions included monitoring the participants’ responses, delivering preferred stimulation contingent on the responses and verbal encouragements/prompts for lack of responses, and assisting in data recording. The study was conducted following a non-concurrent multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline (i.e., when the system was used only for data recording), the participants’ mean frequency of responses per session varied between zero and nearly 12. During intervention (i.e., when the system was fully working), the participants’ mean frequency of responses per session increased to between about 34 and 59. Mean session duration varied between nearly 10 and over 14 min. The new system may be a valuable tool for supporting relevant physical activity engagement in people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/11/5/120interactive technologyphysical activityintellectual disabilityvisual impairmentpreferred stimulationencouragement |
| spellingShingle | Giulio E. Lancioni Gloria Alberti Chiara Filippini Valeria Chiariello Nirbhay N. Singh Mark F. O’Reilly Jeff Sigafoos Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study Technologies interactive technology physical activity intellectual disability visual impairment preferred stimulation encouragement |
| title | Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study |
| title_full | Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study |
| title_fullStr | Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study |
| title_short | Using Simple Interactive Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities Exercise Functional Physical Responses: A Case Series Study |
| title_sort | using simple interactive technology to help people with intellectual and visual disabilities exercise functional physical responses a case series study |
| topic | interactive technology physical activity intellectual disability visual impairment preferred stimulation encouragement |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/11/5/120 |
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