Bandukda, Maryam;
Holloway, Catherine;
(2024)
Young HCI: Promoting Disability and Accessibility Awareness Among Young People.
ACM: New York, NY, USA.
(In press).
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Abstract
Accessibility and inclusion are salient topics in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Over the last decade, there has been a steady growth of research on accessibility and assistive technology (AT) design [5]. Similarly, application of participatory and co-design methods have seen a similar trajectory. Several publications have involved participation of people with disabilities, including adults and children to understand lived experiences and inform AT design. Research has involved co-designing technology and experiences with participants with and without disabilities. For example, research in inclusive schools [6, 8] has shown that disability exposure and learning, inclusive play and collaboration among disabled and non-disabled peers promotes knowledge sharing and understanding of disability. Inclusive co-design, play and participatory approaches are effective tools to increase social interaction among children with mixed abilities and empower disabled children in schools [7]. However, these opportunities are still rare. Additionally, the perceptions of non-disabled children and young people about disability remain under-explored in HCI. A recent report by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) [3] found that young adults, aged 16 to 24, avoid interaction with disabled people and generally hold an overall negative perception of disabled people in terms of social interaction, education, and financial independence. The report also highlighted that opportunities for interaction help build understanding and empathy; leading to positive attitudes towards disabled people. In this paper, we present three case studies showcasing activities designed to engage children and young people of ages from 11 year and above in HCI and to learn about disability and AT.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Young HCI: Promoting Disability and Accessibility Awareness Among Young People |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://dl.acm.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198405 |
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