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In the US alone, over four and a half million people have cognitive disabilities.
Except for deficiencies of mnemonic and executive capabilities, many of them
have the potential to live a more independent life. In this book, the author
describes a design approach and an example system aimed at providing
support to those missing abilities in a socio-technical environment. The system,
MAPS, consists of two technical components: a script design tool that
allows a caregiver to create, store, edit and reuse scripts of multimedia
prompts to guide users thru tasks, and a PDA-based prompter that...

Assistive Technology Design for Intelligence Augmentation presents a series of frameworks, perspectives, and design guidelines drawn from disciplines spanning urban design, artificial intelligence, sociology, and new forms of collaborative work, as well as the author's experience in designing systems for people with cognitive disabilities. Many of the topics explored came from the author's graduate studies at the Center for LifeLong Learning and Design, part of the Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The members of the...