Gathering garbage or going green? : shifting social perspectives to empower individuals with special needs
Sharma, Sumita; Achary, Krishnaveni; Kinnula, Marianne; Iivari, Netta; Varkey, Blessin (2020-06-30)
Sumita Sharma, Krishnaveni Achary, Marianne Kinnula, Netta Iivari, and Blessin Varkey. 2020. Gathering garbage or going green? shifting social perspectives to empower individuals with special needs. In Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 311–322. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3392063.3394394
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Abstract
Digital technologies are increasingly used with individuals with special needs for skill-building, social inclusion, and empowerment. However, different stakeholders involved in raising an individual with special needs have different and sometimes conflicting understanding of empowerment and motivations towards it. Using an empowerment framework, we collaboratively analyzed and critically reflected on the design and outcomes of three user studies conducted at a special needs school in New Delhi, India. The studies focused on learning how to make compost out of everyday kitchen waste, to assemble a solar lantern, and to buy groceries from a local store. Findings from the analysis provide insights into the complex socio-cultural conditions that enable, and in some cases limit, empowerment of individuals in an underserved and special needs context. We contribute to discussions on empowerment of children through design and use of digital technologies.
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