Christopher Frauenberger
Abstract
In this forum we celebrate research that helps to successfully bring the benefits of computing technologies to children, older adults, people with disabilities, and other populations that are often ignored in the design of mass-marketed products. --- Juan Pablo Hourcade, Editor
- There are different views on the use of "people-first" language in reference to people with autism/autistic people. Good arguments have been made on both sides and many say it is a matter of personal preference. This article uses both terms interchangeably as a way to acknowledge this.Google Scholar
- Alyssa Alcorn, another former member of ECHOES, further investigated the effects of these unintentional slips and argues to use them as an opportunity for design in her Ph.D. work. See: Alcorn, A.M., Pain, H., and Good, J. Motivating children's initiations with novelty and surprise: Initial design recommendations for autism. Proc. of the 2014 Conference on Interaction Design and Children. ACM, 2014, 225--228. DOI:10.1145/2593968.2610458 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Frauenberger, C., Good, J., Alcorn, A., and Pain, H. Conversing through and about technologies: Design critique as an opportunity to engage children with autism and broaden research(er) perspectives. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction 1, 2 (2013), 38--49. DOI:10.1016/j.ijcci.2013.02.001Google ScholarCross Ref
- Shakespeare, T. Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited, Second Edition. Routledge, Oxon, U.K., 2014.Google Scholar
- Mankoff, J., Hayes, G.R., and Kasnitz, D. Disability studies as a source of critical inquiry for the field of assistive technology. Proc. of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ACM, New York, 2010, 3--10. DOI:10.1145/1878803.1878807 Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Rethinking autism and technology
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