Introduction

Due to activity limitations and physical environmental barriers, low remunerative employment is a challenging issue for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and relevant rehabilitation personnel. Since work opportunities in digital fields have continued to emerge, this study aims to report and discuss the possibility of using digital working as a strategy for increasing remunerative employment in people with SCI.

Case presentation

We report live experiences of four people with SCI in Thailand who have digital works with different types of jobs (image segmentation and identification for artificial intelligence development, online merchant, online streamer, cryptocurrency investor), different required digital skills (basic or intermediate digital skills), different employment statuses (employee or owner), and different incomes (from 50 to 200 USD/month). We also discuss advantages and potential risks of digital working for people with SCI and propose a model for care providers to facilitate safe digital work as a means of increasing remunerative opportunities for people with SCI.

Conclusion

There is increasing interest in becoming involved in various types of digital work among people with SCI. Digital working could overcome many of the physical barriers; however, it also potentially introduces some potential economic and health risks for people with SCI. To minimize those risks, healthcare providers of people with SCI should prepare to develop the appropriate knowledge and attitudes regarding digital working and to learn how to properly facilitate digital working to increase remunerative employment in people with SCI.

中文翻译：

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通过数字化工作增加脊髓损伤患者的就业机会：来自泰国的案例系列

介绍

由于活动限制和物理环境障碍，低报酬就业对于脊髓损伤（SCI）患者和相关康复人员来说是一个具有挑战性的问题。由于数字领域的工作机会不断出现，本研究旨在报告和讨论使用数字工作作为增加 SCI 患者有酬就业的策略的可能性。

案例展示

我们报告了泰国 4 名 SCI 人员的现场经历，他们从事不同类型工作的数字作品（人工智能开发的图像分割和识别、在线商人、在线流媒体、加密货币投资者）、不同所需的数字技能（基本或中级数字技能） ）、不同的就业状况（雇员或所有者）以及不同的收入（从 50 到 200 美元/月）。我们还讨论了 SCI 患者数字化工作的优势和潜在风险，并为护理提供者提出了一个模型，以促进安全的数字工作，以此作为增加 SCI 患者报酬机会的一种手段。

结论

SCI 患者对参与各种类型的数字工作越来越感兴趣。数字化工作可以克服许多物理障碍；然而，它也可能给 SCI 患者带来一些潜在的经济和健康风险。为了最大限度地减少这些风险，脊髓损伤患者的医疗保健提供者应准备好培养有关数字化工作的适当知识和态度，并学习如何正确促进数字化工作，以增加脊髓损伤患者的有酬就业。