Participatory Design: Barriers and Possibilities

Publication Date

5-1-2014

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Scholars conducting analytical research in multimodal interaction design have not paid enough attention to the use of disabled participants in their work. In this column I argue that participatory action research with these users is overdue for the sake of building a culture of accessible designs. Working on a larger project on participatory design for a book, this commentary records my initial thoughts on how participation by disabled users needs to be central to the overall production cycle. I begin with the premise that each disabled user participates in this multimodal discourse from an entirely different vantage point shaped by their social, physical, and artistic experiences. It also emphasizes that each user interacts with multimodality differently depending upon the body they have, the adaptive technology they employ, and the uses they have for multimodality.

Publication Title

Communication Design Quarterly Review

Volume

2

Issue

3

First Page

14

Last Page

19

DOI

10.1145/2644448.2644452

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