A participatory action research approach to developing assistive technologies for people suffering from cognitive disorders
2014 (English)In: Abstract book: 6th Living Knowledge Conference April 9-11, 2014 / [ed] Søsser Brodersen, Jens Dorland and Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, 2014Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Cognitive disorders, such as disorders on the autistic spectrum, Downs’s syndrome, etc. often imply significant constraints on communication between persons suffering from those, and the environment where they act. Meanwhile, governmental propositions on human rights emphasize equality concerning information, where overcoming such interaction challenges should be considered as strongly encouraged. This contribution discusses studies that have been performed towards municipalities, public institutions, and non-profit organizations, in southern Sweden. The studies aim to involve users throughout the development of an innovative concept of communication assistive software technology, by involving multiple types of users, such as: persons with disabilities, personal assistants, teachers for students with special needs, academics, and others. The studies and the resulted findings are discussed in regard to the participatory action research framework.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014.
Keywords [en]
eHealth, Action Research (AR), Participatory Action Research (PAR), people with communication disabilities, multiple types of users, communication assistive software technology (CAST)
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-14522ISBN: 978-87-93053-01-4 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-14522DiVA, id: diva2:849966
Conference
6th Living Knowledge Conference, Copenhagen, April 9-11, 2014
2015-08-312015-08-312018-01-11Bibliographically approved