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Family |
Healthcare professional |
Social worker |
Educator |
Child advocator |
| Information needs for caring of children with special needs |
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| Diagnosis, assessment and prognosis of child’s medical condition |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Medical rehabilitationand psychosocial health |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Education services (include extra-curricular activities) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Community support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Use of equipment and augmentative devices |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
| Paths for transition care of adolescents with special needs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Experiences of obtaining and using information |
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| Information from schools and teachers |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
| Information sharing and support from the community |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Online information (Internet) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Advantages and challenges of searching and utilizing Internet information |
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| Advantages |
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| Parent’s autonomy in searching information and making enquiries |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
| Useful for decision making |
✓ |
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✓ |
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| Share experiences via online platforms |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Challenges |
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| Lacking online information searching skills |
✓ |
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✓ |
✓ |
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| Risk of misinterpretation of online information |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Lacking special functions/features, e.g. word enlargement, sound production |
✓ |
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✓ |
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