Mobile telephony in a connected life
Communications of the ACM - Robots: intelligence, versatility, adaptivity
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Perpetual contact: mobile communication, private talk, public performance
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The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society
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A study of the use of mobile phones by older persons
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
When home base is not a place: parents' use of mobile telephones
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
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Proceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Designing with children with severe motor impairments
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work
Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Computer Usage by Children with Down Syndrome: Challenges and Future Research
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
Mobile phone user interface design for patients with traumatic brain injury
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction
Stomp: an interactive platform for people with intellectual disabilities
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
Caring for caregivers: designing for integrality
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Mobile phone accessibility values for users with disabilities
International Journal of Mobile Communications
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Mobile phones have transformed the way we communicate with friends and family, coordinate our daily activities, and organize our lives. For families with children with cognitive disabilities there is widespread hope, though not always fulfilled, that personal technologies - particularly mobile phones - can bring a dramatic increase in their children's level of safety, independence, and social connectedness. In this research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with five families to understand the current patterns of remote communication among young adults with cognitive disabilities and their parental caregivers, and the role that remote communication played in increasing independence and safety. While some of the young adults used mobile phones and some did not, we identified common themes in requirements, patterns of use, and desires for an accessible mobile-phone based remote communication system. Requirements include the need for a simplified navigation menu with fewer options and a rugged handset and charger input. Families used mobile phones for safety check-ins and help getting un-stuck. While parents desired increased social involvement for their children, they observed that their children did not often chat with friends on the phone.