Giving a voice through design: Adapting design methods to enhance the participation of people with communication difficulties

Roisin McNaney; Cara Wilson; Jayne Wallace; Margot Brereton; Abi Roper; Stephanie Wilson; Miriam Sturdee

doi:10.1145/3210604.3210648

Giving a voice through design: Adapting design methods to enhance the participation of people with communication difficulties

Roisin McNaney, Cara Wilson, Jayne Wallace, Margot Brereton, Abi Roper, Stephanie Wilson, Miriam Sturdee

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Abstract

Many participatory design methods are heavily reliant on the presence of communication skills, with approaches often focusing on verbal or written outputs. For people with communication difficulties it can often be difficult to engage with such approaches. This workshop aims to bring together researchers, designers and practitioners to explore share both positive and challenging experiences of working with users with communication difficulties within participatory design. We will generate a description of a set of design methods which have been adapted and used with people communication difficulties, with a view to enhancing the knowledge and skills of workshop participants for the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PDC '18 Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	3
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450355742, 9781450364645
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3210604.3210648
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2018
Event	15th Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2018 - Hasselt and Genk, Belgium Duration: 20 Aug 2018 → 24 Aug 2018

Conference

Conference	15th Participatory Design Conference, PDC 2018
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Hasselt and Genk
Period	20/08/18 → 24/08/18

Keywords

Communication difficulties
Health
Methods
Participation
Participatory design

UN SDGs

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McNaney, R., Wilson, C., Wallace, J., Brereton, M., Roper, A., Wilson, S., & Sturdee, M. (2018). Giving a voice through design: Adapting design methods to enhance the participation of people with communication difficulties. In PDC '18 Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial (Vol. 2). Article 40 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3210604.3210648

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Giving a voice through design: Adapting design methods to enhance the participation of people with communication difficulties. / McNaney, Roisin; Wilson, Cara; Wallace, Jayne et al.
PDC '18 Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial. Vol. 2 ACM, 2018. 40.

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McNaney R, Wilson C, Wallace J, Brereton M, Roper A, Wilson S et al. Giving a voice through design: Adapting design methods to enhance the participation of people with communication difficulties. In PDC '18 Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial. Vol. 2. ACM. 2018. 40 doi: 10.1145/3210604.3210648

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