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OBJECTIVE. To evaluate technology-assisted programmes for enabling a woman and a
man with brain injury and profound multiple disabilities to acquire leisure
engagement. METHOD.
The technology for the woman
(Study I) involved a portable
computer with mouse,
a Clicker 4 software package, a touch/pressure microswitch,
and an interface to connect the Clicker with the microswitch.
This technology
allowed the woman to choose with a simple hand response among four stimulus
categories (e.g., watching a film and interacting with others), each of which
included several alternatives. The technology for the man (Study II) involved a
computer-based choice system that allowed him to select preferred songs through a
microswitch-aided finger-movement response. RESULTS. Data showed that the two
participants learned to use the technology available and selected among the
stimulus events thus reaching positive leisure engagement. CONCLUSION.
Technology-assisted programmes may provide persons with acquired brain injury and
multiple disabilities leisure engagement opportunities.

Langue : ANGLAIS