We present the results of a study of e-NABLE, a distributed, collaborative volunteer effort to
design and fabricate upper-limb assistive technology devices for limb-different users …

Assistive technology (AT) is a powerful enabler of participation. The World Health
Organization's Global Collaboration on Assistive Technology (GATE) programme is actively …

Makerspaces public workshops where makers can share tools and knowledge are a
growing resource for amateurs and professionals alike. While the role of makerspaces in …

Physical therapists have a history of modifying and making assistive technology (AT) to fit
the unique needs of their patients. However, lack of materials, time, and access to training …

HCI research has both endorsed" making" for its innovation and democratization capacity
and critiqued its underlying technosolutionism, ie, the idea that technology provides …

An increasing number of online communities support the open-source sharing of designs
that can be built using rapid prototyping to construct physical objects. In this paper, we …

Sign language datasets are essential to developing many sign language technologies. In
particular, datasets are required for training artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning …

Consumer-fabrication technologies potentially improve the effectiveness and adoption of
assistive technology (AT) by engaging AT users in AT creation. However, little is known …

For many people living with conditions such as autism, anxiety manifests so powerfully it has
a big impact on quality of life. By investigating the suitability of truly customizable wearable …

Makerspaces are providing new opportunities for entrepre-neurial development. Based on
participant observation and a series of in-depth interviews in an entrepreneurial mak …