Fitri Mutia, - and INDAH RACHMA CAHYANI, - (2021) ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES A CASE STUDY IN SURABAYA. Khizanah al-Hikmah : Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan, Informasi, dan Kearsipan, 9 (1). pp. 16-27. ISSN 2354-9629

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Abstract

Access to information becomes an important of achieving success in various aspects of life. Thus, it is considered the rights of every citizen without being impeded by physical or mental limitations. This study aims to analyze access to information that supports students with visual impairments (blind) in conducting learning activities at the university. This paper uses an interpretive paradigm, which aims to analyze a social reality and how that reality is formed. This research uses a qualitative type that seeks to understand social or human problems, based on the creation of a complete holistic picture that is formed with words, reports the views of informants in detail, and arranged in a natural setting. This research was conducted at the Social and Political Sciences Faculty of Universitas Airlangga (Unair) Surabaya, engaged 11 informants, three of whom were visually impaired students (blind). The supporting informants were 3 lecturers from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Unair who teach visually impaired students, 3 friends of the main informant, 1 university representative, and 1 faculty representative. The study indicated that the assistive technologies have supported learning processes, such as mobile phones, laptops, scanners, and recording devices, were provided independently. The technology was very helpful to obtain information validly and quickly, as well as to understand the contents of the information more easily and assist to share the information with other colleagues.

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