"Bursting the Assistance Bubble": Designing Inclusive Technology with Children with Mixed Visual ...
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A 10-month field study with 25 practitioners and observations of six children (12 hours of lesson video) documents mainstream schooling for 7–16 year olds with visual impairments and identifies seven intervention areas, most notably the teaching assistant bubble that isolates learners. Co-design workshops (whole-group with nine children, small groups of three plus a TA) produce low‑fidelity prototypes—walkie‑talkies, vibrating wearables and olfaction buttons—and surface abilities like echolocation; prototypes are concept proofs rather than deployed solutions.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to inclusive tech
- 2:10Field study insights
- 9:13Co-design methods
- 16:20Key lessons learned
- 18:25Q&A session
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