[Air-L] Workshop: Participatory Design with Persons Living with Cognitive or Sensory Impairments @ CHI2014

[Niels Hendriks]

Are you interested in participatory design and do you work with users with
impairments? We organize a workshop on participatory design for persons
with cognitive or sensory impairments at
CHI2014<http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>in Toronto,
Canada. This workshop will be held on April 26.

Workshop on participatory design for users living with cognitive or sensory
impairments

Involving people with impairments in the design process is very
challenging, especially when impairments affect cognitive or sensory
functions. People with such impairments may have substantial problems with
thought processes and communication, including understanding abstractions,
sequencing thoughts and actions, understanding symbols, and interpreting
social cues. Many participatory design techniques are based on these
processes and are therefore not usable, or need to be adjusted for people
with impairments.

Workshop aims

This workshop aims to:

1) bring together people who are active in the topic of the workshop to
exchange ideas and experiences regarding participatory design techniques
that were designed for, or adapted to people with impairments.

2) identify general guidelines for doing participatory design with people
living with cognitive or sensory impairments.

Workshop setup

The workshop will start from the results of two workshops held at the
Participatory Design Conference 2012 and INTERACT 2013 as well as from the
experiences of the workshop's participants. Based on this, we will identify
general guidelines for doing participatory design with people living with
cognitive or sensory impairments. As such, much of the time schedule is
reserved for formulating concrete guidelines that will help researchers and
designers to streamline their activities and ‘standardize’ methodological
practices.

This full-day workshop has a creative, generative character. It will
refrain from using a standard workshop setup of presentations and
discussions. Sharing best practices, brainstorms and formulating guidelines
in interactive group sessions will be at the core of all activities.


Who should attend?

Researchers and designers working on (a) design-oriented project(s)
involving people with cognitive or sensory impairments are invited to
participate. Especially those who have adjusted existing participatory
design techniques to such users are encouraged to apply.

Application

People can apply by filling in one or more workshop cards (available from
the workshop’s website <http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>),
describing their target group and a technique they used. In addition,
applicants write a one-pager about their expectations of the workshop. At
least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. All
participants must register for the workshop and for at least one day of the
conference.

Important dates

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   January 17: application deadline
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   February 10: notification of acceptance
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   April 26: workshop date


Further information & contact

Please visit our workshop
website<http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>for the
workshop's programme and to apply for the workshop.. For more
information and questions, please contact Karin Slegers:
karin.slegers at soc.kuleuven.be



We hope to see you in Toronto in April!

-- 
Niels Hendriks
Researcher
Social Spaces | CUO
twitter @nielshendriks
http://www.socialspaces.be