George Edward Torrens

Dec 30, 2024 | mdpi.com | George Edward Torrens

1. IntroductionDisability represents a significant global concern affecting both developed and developing nations, with profound impacts on individuals and their families. These effects extend to the broader economy of a country. Current estimates suggest that approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide, constituting 16% of the global population, live with various forms of disabilities [1].

Oct 11, 2024 | mdpi.com | Jianwei Yang |Yi Wang |Min Peng |George Edward Torrens

1. IntroductionIntent is a complex, multi-level concept encompassing psychological, behavioral, and technological aspects [1,2]. It reveals the underlying motivations, expectations, and goals of human behavior and decision-making, providing significant value in understanding target behavior and its causes, and predicting its outcomes [3].

Sep 14, 2023 | tandfonline.com | George Edward Torrens

The implications for assistive product development are reviewed in more detail in the following section. This includes: a discussion of the profiles of the sample population, highlighting how it has changed in terms of equality, diversity, and inclusion; the frequency of methods used; priority order of methods beneficial to professional practice; potential improvements to the LUCAT process; and, awareness within industry of an inclusive approach to new product development.