Publication Date
July 2023
11 p
Purpose: To investigate the practices of repair that exist for users of mobility assistive products in low resource settings, as well as the psychosocial impact that the repair, or non-repair, of these devices has on users’ lives.
Materials and Methods: This article collates data on repair practices and the responses from participants on the topic of repair from studies conducted by the authors across four different low resource settings in Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Indonesia. This data was then analyzed to identify the common themes found across geographies
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2023.2236142