Developments and assessments on barrier-free it in Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0002-8238-3185en_US
dc.contributor.authorKalaç M.Ö.
dc.contributor.authorTelli Yamamoto G.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:53:00Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:53:00Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe ratio of the population with disabilities in Turkey was approximately 12 percent as of 2002, and only a very little portion of them were found to have reached the higher education level. Furthermore, contribution of people with disabilities to employment is also important for their wellness and experiencing civil liberties. Barrier-free IT is among the most important tools in this respect. There is a legislation in Turkey for the practices in this field, and the special circumstances and technological services-related studies for accessibility are considered within the framework of a universal service. The shift towards an information society should offer an environment which involves all individuals of the society. Inter-institutional cooperation and more effective use of the resources are required to overcome the barriers. Furthermore, keeping a national database is also important for correct distribution and ensuring effectiveness of the resources. The problem of accessibility and availability in information technologies and services is waiting for a solution. Information technologies play a critical and distinctive role to solve these problems and create employment for people with impairment. This is a descriptive study on the developments and assessments regarding Barrier-Free IT in Turkey. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAlso in 2006, a ‘‘Secondary Analysis of 2002 Research for People with Disabilities in Turkey’’ with the project number SOBAG-104K077 was conducted with a grant from the Social and Human Sciences Research Group of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). This secondary analysis study attempted to obtain information regarding the services offered to people with disabilities, their status and abilities of utilizing these services and the subsequent activities via the estimated data collected in the ‘2002 Survey on People with Disabilities in Turkey’. ‘‘Regulation on Creating a Database for People with Disabilities and Including the Disability Information on the ID Card’’ was enacted on the Official Gazette dated 30 October 2005 and issue 25,981. The efforts for creating a ‘‘National Database for People with Disabilities’’ was started with this regulation. Currently the Ministry of Family and Social Policies—General Directorate of Services for People with Disabilities and Old People tries to conduct the ‘‘National Database for People with Disabilities Project’’. Other organizations as well keep databases with different standards for the segments that receive services from them. (e.g. the data of the students applying to the Student Selection and Placement Center-OSYM, and the data of universities on students with disabilities). However, these data are away from being sound and giving the actual number of people with disabilities.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11135-018-0694-9
dc.identifier.endpage1252en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-5177
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85040792273en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1245en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-018-0694-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/8449
dc.identifier.volume52en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofQuality and Quantityen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY03326
dc.subjectBarrier-Free ITen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectInformation technologyen_US
dc.titleDevelopments and assessments on barrier-free it in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticle
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