A Study of the Challenges Related to DIY Assistive Technology in the Context of Children with Disabilities

Jonathan David Hook; Sanne Verbaan; Abigail Durrant; Patrick Olivier; Peter C. Wright

doi:10.1145/2598510.2598530

A Study of the Challenges Related to DIY Assistive Technology in the Context of Children with Disabilities

Jonathan David Hook, Sanne Verbaan, Abigail Durrant, Patrick Olivier, Peter C. Wright

Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media

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Abstract

The term Do It Yourself Assistive Technology (DIY-AT) refers to the creation and adaptation of AT by non-professionals, including people with disabilities and their families, friends and caregivers. Previous research has argued that the development of technologies and services that enable people to make their own DIY-AT will lead to the rapid and low cost development of assistive devices that are tailored to meet the complex needs of individual people with disabilities. We present the results of a qualitative study that explored challenges related to the process of making DIY-AT for children with disabilities. A series of eleven semi-structured interviews with a broad range of stakeholders involved in the current use, provision and adaptation of AT for children with disabilities revealed a number of challenges relating to the prevalence and scope of ongoing DIY-AT practice, barriers to participation, and the challenges faced by makers and users of DIY-AT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS '14
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	597-606
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-2902-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598530
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2014
Event	ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2014 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 21 Jun 2014 → 25 Jun 2014

Conference

Conference	ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	21/06/14 → 25/06/14

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Hook, JD, Verbaan, S, Durrant, A, Olivier, P & Wright, PC 2014, A Study of the Challenges Related to DIY Assistive Technology in the Context of Children with Disabilities. in DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. ACM, New York, pp. 597-606, ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems 2014, Vancouver, Canada, 21/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598530

A Study of the Challenges Related to DIY Assistive Technology in the Context of Children with Disabilities. / Hook, Jonathan David; Verbaan, Sanne; Durrant, Abigail et al.
DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. New York: ACM, 2014. p. 597-606.

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