Designing with and for children with special needs: an inclusionary model

Authors:
Mona Leigh Guha;Allison Druin;Jerry Alan Fails
Affiliations:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD;University of Maryland, College Park, MD;University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Venue:
IDC '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In order to design for children with special needs, we need to design with children with special needs. The inclusionary model proposed in this paper suggests that appropriate involvement of children with special needs in the design process begins with the level of involvement a team expects from children, and is additionally influenced by the nature and severity of the child's disability and the availability and intensity of support available to the child.