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Exploratory Study into the Disability Awareness Through an Inclusive Application Development Process Driven by Disabled Children

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Abstract

【Background】

“Digital Interactive Rehabilitation System” (Digi-Reha), developed by Non-profit Organization Ubdobe, is a support tool for pediatric rehabilitation. Digi-Reha is a platform of applications which utilize several sensors to detect physical information such as acceleration and joint movements, and generate interactions of digital art and sound effects. The aim of this interaction is to improve children’s motivation for rehabilitation.

【Objective】

One of the unique aspects of Digi-Reha is the Digi-Reha LAB (LAB), where children’s ideas are used as a starting point for the application development process. As a new approach, a child with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been included as a participant in LAB. The aim of this report is to explore whether involving disabled children in the process of application development contribute to positive influence on the children as well as improving the quality of applications.

【Intervention】

A total of four sessions of LAB were carried out in a month. Three children, including a boy with ASD were recruited as participants. They learned to develop their original applications by using Scratch, a programming language. The participants’ words and actions during the Lab were recorded and exploratively analysed.

【Result】

During LAB, the boy with ASD expressed his opinions about universal design (“I want to add some sound effects for blind people”) and the awareness of his own symptoms through application development (“By creating applications that I enjoy, I can make people with the same disease enjoy too”).

【Conclusion】

Joining LAB can be an opportunity for disabled children to learn about their impairments and reasonable accommodation for people with different needs in addition to improving Digi-Reha applications’ quality, within the process of application development. In the coming years, its effectiveness will need to be further tested.

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  1. Non-Profit Organization Ubdobe Digi-Reha Division, 1-36-6-203, Sangenchaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-0024, Japan

    Kanako Nakamura

  2. Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare, 4-23-1, Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 170-0013, Japan

    Daisuke Kumagai

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  1. University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

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    Margherita Antona

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    Stavroula Ntoa

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Nakamura, K., Kumagai, D. (2021). Exploratory Study into the Disability Awareness Through an Inclusive Application Development Process Driven by Disabled Children. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S. (eds) HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1499. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90179-0_5

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