Assisting people with multiple disabilities improve their computer pointing efficiency with thumb poke through a standard trackball

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1615-1622

  Shih, Ching Hsiang ^a   Shih, Ching Tien ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG FANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DTPAP; Multiple disabilities; Pointing; Trackball driver

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYNAMIC TRACKBALL ASSISTIVE PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; THUMB;

EID: 77957150861     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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