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Clear ground rules and predictable feedback can lower the social costs of participation.
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Teaching Participatory Inclusive IT Design with a Neurodiversity Lens in Computing Education
Hermann, J., Jansen, N., Richter, U., Fleer, A., & Doganün, A. (2025) · Proceedings of the 25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research · doi:10.1145/3769994.3770007 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Kritika, K., Williams, R. M., & Ringland, K. E.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Computer Graphics and Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- Pages
- 1-14
- OpenAlex
- W4409735970
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 9.56
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Keywords
- neurodivergence, masking, online communities, ostracism, safety, autistic identity
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