Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
196 results found tagged participatory design.
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Gesture-based Interaction for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in India
This full paper presents the design, development, and evaluation of Kirana, a Kinect-based gesture application that simulates purchasing groceries from a local Indian kirana (grocery) store to teach life skills to individuals with developmental disab…
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Playing Music with the Head
This short paper describes the co-design process leading to an open source music-playing software for M., a person living with severe motor, dexterity, and speech impairments in a nursing home in France. The system uses an infrared camera mounted on …
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Online Learning System to Help People with Developmental Disabilities Reinforce Basic Skills
This paper presents the development and evaluation of an HTML5-based web application for iPad designed to help people with developmental disabilities (DD) of all ages reinforce basic skills such as recognizing numbers, letters, money, shapes, and col…
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"But, I Don't Want/Need a Power Wheelchair": Toward Accessible Power Assistance for Manual Wheelchairs
This paper explores the needs, expectations, and experiences of manual wheelchair users regarding power assist devices — motorized attachments that augment a manual wheelchair's propulsion without converting it into a full power wheelchair. Manual wh…
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Imagining Artificial Intelligence Applications with People with Visual Disabilities using Tactile Ideation
This paper presents a novel tactile ideation methodology for working with people with visual disabilities to imagine future AI applications, and reports on cross-cultural workshops conducted in the UK (6 participants) and India (8 participants). Rath…
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Using Participatory Design with Proxies with Children with Limited Communication
This paper explores the use of Participatory Design with Proxies (PDwP) as a methodology for including children with severe communication limitations in the design of digital technologies. PDwP is a variation of participatory design where people fami…
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Designing Interactions for 3D Printed Models with Blind People
This paper investigates how blind people explore 3D printed models and what interaction techniques they prefer for interactive 3D printed models (I3Ms) — physical models augmented with sensors that provide audio descriptions when touched. While 3D pr…
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Participatory Design Using Sensory Substitution Devices with Tactile and Audio Feedback
This student research paper describes a participatory design study with a single blind participant (TC, blind from birth) to develop a sensory substitution device that provides a physical experience of spatial awareness through tactile or auditory fe…
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Digital Strategies for Supporting Strengths- and Interests-based Learning with Children with Autism
This paper investigates how an open-ended audio-visual calendaring app called MeCalendar was appropriated by children with autism and their teachers in classroom settings, shifting the focus from deficit-remediation to strengths- and interests-based …
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Cyborg Pride: Self-Design in e-NABLE
This experience report documents the journey of Peregrine Hawthorn, born without fingers on his left hand, from being a recipient of a 3D-printed e-NABLE prosthetic hand to becoming an active designer, fabricator, and advocate for self-efficacy withi…