Assistive Technology Product Design Considering People, Context of Use and Activities

• Soraia Silva Prietch UFR
• Polianna dos Santos Paim UFR
• Nivaldo Alexandre de Freitas UFR
• Waine Teixeira Junior UFR

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/eri-mt.2021.18227

Abstract

Assistive Technology (AT) products can promote more equality in opportunities, quality of life and autonomy to people with disabilities. To design these products and improve their adoption by users, four main components must be taken into account: the Human, the Activity, the AT, and the Context. In this paper, we describe the path taken in a research project with the goal to study the performance of diverse activities by people with disabilities in different contexts of use. In five years of the research project, we conducted eight projects with specific themes and objectives. We can highlight the importance of participatory activities with the community, more than the target-users, e the inclusion of people with disabilities in the project leadership.

Keywords: User experience and Human-Computer Interaction, Inclusion, Equity and Accessibility, Applied informatics

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