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Economic Impact of Adopting Assistive Technologies on Quality Adjusted Life Years and Work Productivity

Authors:
Siny Joseph
Caden Brond
Vinod Namboodiri

Keywords: assistive technology; quality adjusted life years; work productivity.

Abstract:
This paper discusses the development of a novel survey instrument to measure the impact of adopting assistive technologies. The goal is to determine the quality of life improvements and increase in work productivity for people with disabilities with the use of assistive technologies. The task of Wayfinding is presented as a case study to evaluate the benefit to people with disabilities. This paper contributes to the Accessibility Devices and Applications track of the conference.

Pages: 1 to 5

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: June 26, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8378

ISBN: 978-1-61208-988-1

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022