The purposes of this chapter are to (a) assess the overall state of participatory design
practices in autism research and reflect how these findings relate to human systems …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon on the opportunities and challenges of
engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders during the design, development and evaluation …

Autism has become a popular context for accessible technology researchers, yet a majority
of HCI projects for autism and ADHD do not engage in participatory methods or otherwise …

Social robots are emerging as an important intervention for a variety of vulnerable
populations. However, engaging participants in the design of social robots in a way that is …

Research in HCI applied to clinical interventions relies on normative assumptions about
which bodies and minds are healthy, valuable, and desirable. To disrupt this normalizing …

Participatory design (PD) refers to the involvement of users in the design and development
process. Those who may be identified as eventual users of such technology are often …

This article presents and discusses co-creation techniques for involving children in the
design of a technologically enhanced learning environment. The ECHOES project, which …

Guided by a human-centered design focus on users' needs, Computer-Supported
Collaborative Work (CSCW) research and practice have increasingly explored how to …

This research explores the inclusion of children on the autism spectrum in the design of
educational technology from the perspectives of adult co-designers. A group of five non …

User participatory design is considered to be one of the best methods for understanding the
needs of a target audience and creating high quality, well designed solutions to meet their …