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ICTs and learning disability: multidisciplinary perspectives on Project @pple

Peter Williams (The Rix Centre, University of East London, London, UK)
Karen Bunning (Speech and Language Therapy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK)
Helen Kennedy (New Media Studies, University of East London, London, UK)

Aslib Proceedings

ISSN: 0001-253X

Article publication date: 23 January 2007

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to present a critical discussion of theoretical concepts that drive the main contributions of the academic partners, by highlighting the contrasting perspectives and identifying areas of commonality.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper follows a contextualised approach to debating the issues of access and participation for people with ID in learning environments. Each discipline considers the user of ICT within a social context but draws on the theoretical domains and published literature associated with its own area.

Findings

Resonances are to be found across the academic disciplines in terms of an ecological or holistic view of the person with ID as a user of a learning environment. This is what binds the multi‐disciplinary perspective together.

Originality/value

This paper is a rare attempt to integrate three distinct academic disciplines to provide a coherent picture of the theoretical perspectives underpinning research by the authors into the development and use of an ICT system for people with learning difficulties.

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Citation

Williams, P., Bunning, K. and Kennedy, H. (2007), "ICTs and learning disability: multidisciplinary perspectives on Project @pple", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 59 No. 1, pp. 97-112. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012530710725232

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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