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- Caltenco, Héctor, et al.
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Enhancing Multisensory Environments with Design Artifacts for Tangible Interaction
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design. ; , s. 45-47
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Even though multisensory environments (MSE) incorporate artifacts and technology to provide sensory stimuli, most of these artifacts are non-interactive. Twenty-four children with profound developmental disabilities from three MSE institutions have been involved in a research study. A handful of interactive design artifacts, which have been developed as a tool for ideation and to enhance the use of MSE by promoting children’s engagement are presented. With these artifacts the children have shown us a vast topology of interaction and bodily engagement, showing a potential for haptic and audio interactive design fields to contribute to a more participatory MSE practice.
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- Eftring, Håkan, et al.
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Eliciting parents' individual requirements for an inclusive digital school system
- 2016
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Ingår i: Universal Design 2016: Learning from the Past, Designing for the Future - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD 2016. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. - 9781614996835 ; 229, s. 211-221
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Parents often have a busy time sorting out their life puzzles, including getting information about their children's activities in school. More and more communication between teachers and parents take place via digital school systems. It can be hard for parents to find the information they are looking for and the teacher decides when information is sent and what communication method to use. All parents, but especially parents with disabilities, might have individual preferences on how to receive information and how to adapt meetings at school. In this paper we present a project where we involved parents and teachers in focus groups, an idea workshop and iterative user trials of a digital prototype. The goal was to elicit parents' individual requirements for an inclusive digital school system, where they can store their individual preferences about how and when to receive information from school and what requirements they have on meetings at school. Preliminary results show that we managed to create open and focused discussions among parents and teachers. The parents reacted very positively on an onboarding page with the possibility to quickly and easily enter preferences after their first log in, but more work needs to be done on how preferences are categorized on the onboarding page. Finally, parents need to get clear feedback from teachers and school when they have entered or updated preferences, so they can trust that their preferences will be met.
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- Egard, Hanna, et al.
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”Tur att jag inte blev omprövad i år” : Samtal om ett villkorat liv med personlig assistans
- 2021
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Ingår i: Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. - : Universitetsforlaget. - 1799-4691 .- 2464-4161. ; 6:1, s. 20-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- “Luckily I wasn’t re-examined this year” – Talking about living conditions with personal assistanceSweden is often highlighted as a pioneering country in terms of personal assistance (PA) and human rights. However, research shows that the assessment of PA is guided by a medical understanding of disability and by austerity rather than by disability policy. Furthermore, the number of people with state-funded PA has decreased. The purpose of the article is to illuminate the contradictions that characterize life with PA in today’s Sweden. PA is about being able to influence one’s living conditions, to participate and to exercise self-determination, but also about lack of power and control since the right to PA can be withdrawn. The article draws on a participant-based research circle in which users and their representatives were among the participants. The results highlight the complex relationships between personal support and the opportunity to shape one’s existence. PA is considered crucial for everyday life, relationships, work and health. Contacts with the authorities evoke powerlessness, and the fear of losing the PA is palpable. The article contributes knowledge about the social aspects of disability and how reforms and cutbacks influence people’s lives. Such knowledge is essential as, in a Swedish context, PA has become a matter of need rather than of human rights.
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- Eklöf, Linnéa, et al.
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Co-Exploring Everyday Life of Adults with ADHD
- 2013
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Ingår i: Assistive Technology Research Series. ; 33:Assistive Technology: From Research to Practice, s. 622-627
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- There are relatively few studies based on an individual adult perspective on ADHD which takes into account how various factors interact and affect everyday life. Compensatory strategies can facilitate life for people with ADHD and those strategies might include the use of assistive technology or cognitive support. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss how various factors can facilitate or challenge a person's tendency to adopt technology to better meet the demands and expectations of adult life. Participant observations and narrative interviews were used while co-exploring the life of three adults diagnosed with ADHD. By using this method the participants' own solutions, adaptions and preferences regarding cognitive support and assistive technology become visible. Results showed that factors like negative symptoms, stress, sleep deprivation, financial- or social problems effected the participant's motivation, feelings of competence, ability to identify prioritized activities and to maintain supportive routines – things that have been proven to be important for assistive technology use. Developing useworthy support and technology that meets the needs of people with ADHD is important in order to enable autonomy and compensate for the impairment.
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- Erdtman, Emil, et al.
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Let’s move beyond word battles and separatism: Strategies and concerns regarding Universal Design in Sweden
- 2022
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Ingår i: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. - 2040-7149. ; 41:9, s. 15-29
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – Universal design (UD) is defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and adopted in Sweden as a guiding principle for the design of new products, facilities, services, etc. This study aims to contribute to knowledge about UD in practice – how it is conceived,experienced and discussed in Sweden, especially regarding education, working life and housing.Design/methodology/approach – A group interview and a workshop (immersion into personas and scenarios) with 14 practitioners of inclusion and accessibility from academia, civil society, business and the public sector were analyzed with qualitative content analysis.Findings – The participating practitioners related UD to a cluster of terms for inclusion and wanted to communicate the reason for UD rather than battling about words. Flexibility was considered openness to the diversity of human conditions and situations combined with individualization capacity including assistance. Short-term demands for access and compliance to minimum standards must be balanced with long-term learning processes. Evaluation, relation-building and dialogs must update and contextualize UD, for example, in relation to categorization.Originality/value – This study yields an in-depth picture of how the practice of UD is conceived, experienced and discussed among Swedish practitioners of inclusion and accessibility. It elucidates dissonances between experiences and ideals, standardized and flexible design, and the interests of users and institutions. It enhances knowledge of tHe dilemmas in inclusive and diversity-based practices, as well as the implementation and promotion of UD,
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- Ericsson, Stina, 1972, et al.
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Language that supports sustainable development: How to write about people in universal design policy
- 2020
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Ingår i: Sustainability (Switzerland). - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 12, s. 1-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Universal Design (UD) is a design approach that recognises and anticipates diversity as a fundamental human condition. UD is also frequently referred to in relation to the social dimension of sustainable development. Central to both UD and sustainability is the way “everyone,” as the target of UD and sustainability goals, is understood. The purpose of the study is to identify how UD’s “everyone” is conceptualised in Swedish UD policy and to provide a set of recommendations for how to categorise people with regards to UD. A qualitative text analysis is used, which investigates semiotic modes in relation to the content, form, and social relations of texts. Based on the analysis, two challenges for UD policy are identified: (i) how to convey that UD is design for everyone, and (ii) how to move away from a thought pattern of norm and deviation. Seven recommendations for how to approach categorisations of people in UD policy are formulated. We argue that an adoption of UD has the potential to bring about sustainable living environments for all, if integrated with social, economic, environmental, and spatial dimensions of development, but that in order for this to succeed, careful attention needs to be paid to how UD is conceptualised, and a radically different way of categorising people is necessary.
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- Ericsson, Stina, 1972, et al.
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Situation, Non-Categorisation, and Variation: Conveying Nonclusion Through Text and Image
- 2024
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Ingår i: Design for All Institute of India. - 2582-8304. ; 19:6, s. 32-51
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Nonclusion is aligned with Universal Design and involves a critical approach to the categorisation of people. Specifically, nonclusion resists categorisations of bodies/roles and does not come with predefined or presupposed limits in terms of who something is meant for. While UD and nonclusion generally target Design and Architecture, this article explores how nonclusion can be conveyed through text and image in communication. The aim is to identify how the textual and visual presentation itself can make use of nonclusion, irrespective of the content that is to be conveyed. The material used is a video clip produced by the Swedish Agency for Participation. The video clip contains simple animation, subtitles, and a voice-over. The analysis identifies three components of nonclusion as relevant for the communication of nonclusion through text and image: 1) Situation encourages focus to be placed on contextual factors rather than individuals and their properties, 2) Non-Categorisation encourages a critical approach to categorisations of people, questioning unnecessary, routine, or harmful categorisations, and 3) Variation encourages the recognition of human variation, and the necessity of meeting human variation by variation in the designed and built environment. These three nonclusion components are of relevance to policy development in areas such as Social Sustainability, Disability Rights, Gender Equality, and Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.
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