TY  - GEN
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
A1  - Bandukda, M
A1  - Singh, A
A1  - Berthouze, N
A1  - Holloway, C
KW  - Assistive technologies; visual impairment; nature
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
N2  - Research shows that exposure to nature has benefits for people's mental and physical health and that ubiquitous and mobile technologies encourage engagement with nature. However, existing research in this area is primarily focused on people without visual impairments and is not inclusive of blind and partially sighted individuals. To address this gap in research, we interviewed seven blind people (without remaining vision) about their experiences when exploring and experiencing the outdoor natural environment to gain an understanding of their needs and barriers and how these needs can be addressed by technology. In this paper, we present the three themes identified from the interview data; independence, knowledge of the environment, and sensory experiences.
ID  - discovery10084926
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3313008
EP  - 6
T3  - CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
Y1  - 2019/05/02/
TI  - Understanding Experiences of Blind Individuals in Outdoor Nature
CY  - New York, NY, USA
AV  - public
ER  -