25 June 2018: Aurora Constantin Toward a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity and Collaboration during Participatory Design with Children with Autism Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates and relates to other people. Individuals with autism also have difficulties with social imagination. According to recent studies, the prevalence of autism in the UK is 1 in 88 children, and its economic impact is around 28 billion pounds per year. Although there is no cure for autism, there is evidence that technology can help children with autism overcome their difficulties, as long as it is well designed. The best way to achieve that is to adopt Participatory Design (PD), an approach which makes users effective contributors throughout the development process. However, researchers often avoid using PD with children with autism, because it is very challenging. Our research explores the design of a novel technology-based system that aims to empower children with ASD to actively contribute their ideas during the brainstorming stage of PD and to maximise their own benefits. In this talk, I will describe a prototype which has been developed based on prior research and informed by practitioners and researchers. Preliminary results revealed that the emerging tool is promising for supporting children with autism to express their creativity, reduce their anxiety and engage in the brainstorming stage of PD. Jun 25 2018 14.00 - 15.00 25 June 2018: Aurora Constantin Toward a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity and Collaboration during Participatory Design with Children with Autism IF 4.31/4.33
25 June 2018: Aurora Constantin Toward a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity and Collaboration during Participatory Design with Children with Autism Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates and relates to other people. Individuals with autism also have difficulties with social imagination. According to recent studies, the prevalence of autism in the UK is 1 in 88 children, and its economic impact is around 28 billion pounds per year. Although there is no cure for autism, there is evidence that technology can help children with autism overcome their difficulties, as long as it is well designed. The best way to achieve that is to adopt Participatory Design (PD), an approach which makes users effective contributors throughout the development process. However, researchers often avoid using PD with children with autism, because it is very challenging. Our research explores the design of a novel technology-based system that aims to empower children with ASD to actively contribute their ideas during the brainstorming stage of PD and to maximise their own benefits. In this talk, I will describe a prototype which has been developed based on prior research and informed by practitioners and researchers. Preliminary results revealed that the emerging tool is promising for supporting children with autism to express their creativity, reduce their anxiety and engage in the brainstorming stage of PD. Jun 25 2018 14.00 - 15.00 25 June 2018: Aurora Constantin Toward a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity and Collaboration during Participatory Design with Children with Autism IF 4.31/4.33
Jun 25 2018 14.00 - 15.00 25 June 2018: Aurora Constantin Toward a Technology-based Tool to Support Creativity and Collaboration during Participatory Design with Children with Autism
