TY  - GEN
N2  - The neurodiversity movement seeks to positively reframe certain neurological conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and dyslexia, by concentrating on their strengths. In recent years, neurodiverse children have increasingly been involved in the technology design process, but the design approaches adopted have focused mostly on overcoming difficulties of working with these children, leaving their strengths untapped. We present a new participatory design (PD) framework, Diversity for Design (D4D), which provides guidance for technology designers working with neurodiverse children in establishing PD methods that capitalize on children's strengths and also support potential difficulties. We present two case studies of use of the D4D framework, involving children with ASD and dyslexia, showing how it informed the development and refinement of PD methods tailored to these populations. In addition, we show how to apply the D4D framework to other neurodiverse populations.
KW  - Participatory design; children; neurodiversity; autism;
dyslexia
A1  - Benton, L
A1  - Vasalou, A
A1  - Khaled, R
A1  - Johnson, H
A1  - Gooch, D
EP  - 3756
SP  - 3747
AV  - public
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557244
Y1  - 2014/04/26/
ID  - discovery1474922
CY  - New York, NY, United States
N1  - ACM New York, NY, USA © 2014.
TI  - Diversity for design: A framework for involving neurodiverse children in the technology design process
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ER  -