Do Assistive Products Enhance or Equalize Opportunities? A Comparison of Capability across Persons with Impairments Using and Not Using Assistive Products and Persons without Impairments in Bangladesh
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چکیده
Aiming to compare capability across persons with impairments using and not assistive products without in Bangladesh for 16 different functionings, we contrast two sets of self-reported cross-sectional data from eight districts Bangladesh: (i) hearing impairment aids, aids (N = 572); (ii) ambulatory manual wheelchairs, wheelchairs 598). Kruskal–Wallis tests were used levels the three groups each set. Results showed that, all functionings both sets, statistically significantly highest impairments. Compared scored higher statistical significance at .05 level 12 them. Persons than 11 but none comparisons between significant level. Assistive products—hearing more wheelchairs—enhance capabilities do fully equalize opportunities people
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Societies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2075-4698']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12050141