台灣地區身心障礙者電腦與網路使用之探討

根據內政部2012年第二季公布的統計資料，我國目前合計約有111萬位身心障礙者，約占全體人口的4.8%。許多調查數據顯示，身心障礙者的電腦與網路使用率與非身心障礙者存在差距。本研究目的為探討影響台灣地區身心障礙者電腦、網路使用之相關因素。因此，本研究採用行政院研考會「101年非認知功能身心障礙者數位機會與數位生活需求調查」次級資料庫，進行橫斷性研究與資料分析。使用描述性統計、卡方檢定與邏輯斯迴歸分析自變項如：性別、年齡、教育程度，與依變項如：電腦使用經驗、網路使用經驗，探討台灣地區身心障礙者電腦與網路使用現況。本研究結果發現，在電腦使用方面，男性、自閉症與輕度智能障礙者，其年齡愈低、教育程度愈高、有職業且居住於北部地區其曾經使用電腦的機率則愈高；在網路使用方面，男性且有職業者，其年齡愈低、教育程度愈高、居住於北部地區其曾經使用網路的機率則愈高。建議政府可嘗試更多元化的資訊傳播管道、多提供免費電腦訓練課程及整合推動適性化之科技輔具發展。

The number of disabled people is over 1.1 million in Taiwan. Compared to the general population, the rate of using computers and Internet among the disabled people is very low. The purpose of the study is using secondary dataset analysis to investigate the factors that associate the disables’ usage of computer and Internet. The survey of disable people in the 2012 Digital Divide was used to explore the associated factors. This survey is conducted by the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC), Executive Yuan. The Descriptive Statistics, Chi-Square Test and Logistic Regression are adopted to analyze relationships between the demographic variables and usage of computer and Internet. The results have shown that groups of male, younger, high education level, employment, living in northern section, mild autism and mental retardation were more likely to be associated with ever used computer. Among those disables who ever operated computer, the groups of male, younger, high education level, employment, living in northern section had higher possibility had ever surfed on the internet. Government and policy makers can try more communication media, provide free computer training courses, and lead the development of assistive technologies.