An Adaptive Interaction Model for Participatory Design with Children with Intellectual Disabilities

• Rallyson Ferreira UFAM
• Thaís Castro UFAM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ihc.2019.8423

Abstract

Relevant research on Participatory Design (PD) is currently found in the literature. However, few demonstrate initiatives involving young children as part of the Interaction Design (ID) process for software development. This becomes more difficult when they are children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, who, because they do not have sufficient language skills, do not participate in the data collection phase or in subsequent interactions for prototype validation. Thus, these children are unable to express their design preferences in developing applications designed exclusively for this same audience. Consequently, most applications become general-purpose and inappropriate for neurotypic children. Through PD it is possible to minimize these problems by using techniques to improve the linguistic understanding of these children and to propose approaches to develop new quality applications designed to meet their needs. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a specific interaction model to aid in DI, through playful applications following the PD precepts designed to maximize the possibilities of communication, initially with autistic children, by expressing, through the design context, their representations of preferences.

Keywords: Participatory Design, Adaptable Design, Autism Spectrum Disorder

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