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This paper explores good practices as exemplified by emerging strategies for co-design of assistive technology (AT) for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Designed not as a thorough study, but as a small set of grassroots exemplars that can inspire and instruct designers, developers, caregivers, service providers, and policy makers, the study examines three co-design projects. The three projects utilize the Humanistic Co-Design approach to designing assistive devices tailored to the needs of those with visual, mobility, and speech and language impairments. Implications for the design of AT in open innovation models are discussed, as well as potential real-world implementations.
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We thank the Humanistic Co-Design Initiative and the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab for supporting this work. We also thank the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) and the Saudi Health Council’s National Health Lab for Emerging Technologies for hosting and mentoring this work. Finally, we thank the participants of the CoCreate program for their dedication and hard work.
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Almoaiqel, S., Al-Megren, S., Oleksak, M., Alfajhan, G., Al-Wabil, A. (2020). Empowering Assistive Technology Communities to Make Strategic Use of Intellectual Property: Three Case Studies from the CoCreate Program. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Universal Access and Inclusive Design. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12426. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60149-2_2
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