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Value Sensitive Design for Neurodiverse Teams in Higher Education

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ASSETS '17: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Pages 353 - 354

https://doi.org/10.1145/3132525.3134787

Published: 19 October 2017 Publication History

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In a neurodiverse team, such as one comprised of students with autism and neurotypical students, social interaction and cognitive styles differ. We used a Value-Sensitive Design (VSD) approach to explore the role of technology in supporting the diverse values of neurodiverse teams. We conducted interviews with higher education disability services staff, followed by interviews with students with autism. We analyzed the students' values using the Q-Methodology. We found that key values of students with autism are: freedom from stigma, individual comfort, social comfort, social connection, and team cohesion. Through a VSD technical investigation, we found that current collaboration and affective technologies focus on supporting social connection and team cohesion. However, these technologies tend to not enable tailoring the user experience for the individual comfort that can benefit autistic users.

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Value Sensitive Design for Neurodiverse Teams in Higher Education
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
    1. Empirical studies in accessibility

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ASSETS '17: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2017

450 pages

ISBN:9781450349260

DOI:10.1145/3132525

General Chair:
Amy Hurst
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
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Leah Findlater
University of Washington, USA
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Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research, USA

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