Evaluating accessibility in fabrication tools for children

  • Authors:
  • Ben Leduc-Mills;Jaymes Dec;John Schimmel

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Colorado;Marymount School of NY;DIYAbility

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In recent years, several new threads of research have found their way into the Interaction Design and Children community. Two of these threads-designing for children with special needs, and designing fabrication activities for children-have been especially fertile grounds for discussion and reflection. The intention of this workshop to bring interest to these two realms simultaneously by choosing to look at children's fabrication activities through the lens of accessibility. This paper presents the initial challenges of this enterprise, frameworks and best practices for inclusive fabrication activities with children, examples of current relevant research, as well as discussion and conclusions.