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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Disabled Persons in Bangladesh: Preliminary Study of Impact/Outcome
Authors : Md. Jahangir Alam Zahid, Md. Mahfuz Ashraf, Bushra Tahseen Malik, Md. Rakibul Hoque
Published in: Grand Successes and Failures in IT. Public and Private Sectors
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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To meet the need of digital inclusion and to mitigate the digital divide between disable and general people different ICT interventions are implemented in different developing and developed countries. But question arises to what extent these interventions are successful? Are these interventions are successful for creating new hope and confidence among disabled people? In this working paper we have tried to find the impact of these interventions from actual beneficiary perspectives. We have adopted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to know about perceived usefulness and perceived easiness from the disabled/visually impaired person’s perspective. We found that though Technology has provided initial access to technology and information but the users are facing many challenges to overcome language barriers. Our ongoing study also reveals that social issues/variables are also important for getting acceptance of ICT interventions for disabled people.