Community-Based participatory approach: students as partners in educational accessible technology research

  • Authors:

  • Poorna Kushalnagar;Benjamin Williams;Raja S. Kushalnagar

  • Affiliations:

  • Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY;College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, TX;National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY

  • Venue:
  • ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper discusses the critical role of bringing together students with disabilities as research partners using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Most accessible technology research approaches include the target population as end-users, not as community partners. This paper describes how CBPR can enhance designs and increase likelihood of effective and efficiency of end-user designs or prototypes that impact students in education. We conclude with a discussion on how to empower students as research partners using CBPR principles.