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Making "making" accessible
Abstract
Assistive technologies empower individuals to accomplish tasks they might not be able to do otherwise. Unfortunately, a large percentage of assistive devices that are purchased (35% or more) end up unused or abandoned [8], leaving many people with assistive technology that is inappropriate for their needs. This paper describes our ongoing work to help more people gain access to the assistive technology they need by empowering non-engineers to "Do-It-Yourself" (DIY), and thus create, modify, or build their own assistive technology. We discuss how a new generation of rapid prototyping tools and online communities can empower more individuals, and we describe two technologies we have developed to enable novices to prototype and create physical objects.
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“Kane et al. showed FDM printing can produce usable tactile overlays for accessibility [14]; Shi et al. confirmed that properly spaced raised features significantly outperform verbal descriptions in comprehension [15]; and Hurst and Kane examined barriers to sharing accessible maker artifacts [18].”
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“Hurst and Kane [9] identified barriers that prevent non-engineers from realising DIY-AT in practice.”
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“This idea is distinct from the existing makerspace concept [2, 37].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hurst, A., & Kane, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2013-06-24
- Pages
- 635-638
- OpenAlex
- W2010684062
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7
- FWCI
- 22.34
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Open Source Software Innovations
- Keywords
- assistive technology, DIY, rapid prototyping, user empowerment, online communities, accessible technology
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