From prototype to societal inclusion: Identified challenges for sustainable implementation of e-services for individuals with disabilitiesShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Technology and Disability, ISSN 1055-4181, E-ISSN 1878-643X, Vol. 30, no 3, p. 97-103Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BACKGROUND: In recent years, the interest of performing research about and providing e-services for individuals with disabilities has grown significantly. However, there is a knowledge gap in the existing literature on how to stimulate the pre-requisites needed for a sustainable implementation of e-services.
AIM AND METHOD: The study aims to contribute to this knowledge gap by performing semi-structured email interviews with twelve project coordinators from the EU programmes of FP6-IST and FP7-ICT.
RESULTS: The findings showed that knowledge-based and financially based resources, the complexity of the project context, ethical issues and the structural responsibility of the implementation process were key issues in creating a sustainable implementation. Furthermore, users often were not able to perceive added value from the e-services as they seldom were developed beyond prototypes within the research project.
CONCLUSION: The implementation of e-services and/or ICT based applications for individuals with disabilities face similar challenges to the challenges that have been identified when implementing IT-based innovations. Further studies should focus on how users can be involved in the choice and development of e-services they understand as effective, and how to ensure that the implementation strategy will contribute to long-term social inclusion, that is, sustainability.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOS Press, 2018. Vol. 30, no 3, p. 97-103
Keywords [en]
E-services, Individuals with disabilities, Prototype, Social inclusion, Sustainability
National Category
Information Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-42335DOI: 10.3233/TAD-180198Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85057957396OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-42335DiVA, id: diva2:1271842
2018-12-182018-12-182018-12-18Bibliographically approved