Plan&do: a technology probe supporting children with intellectual disabilities in leisure activities
E Eriksson, O Torgersson, A Melin - … of the 17th ACM Conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
E Eriksson, O Torgersson, A Melin
Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2018•dl.acm.orgIn this paper, we discuss possibilities for how digital tools can support children with
intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities. Leisure activities play an important role
for physiological and psychological well-being, but children with intellectual disabilities carry
out less leisure activities than others. In order to investigate what factors are important for
supporting children with intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities, we have
developed a mobile application, Plan&Do, acting as a technology probe. The contribution of …
intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities. Leisure activities play an important role
for physiological and psychological well-being, but children with intellectual disabilities carry
out less leisure activities than others. In order to investigate what factors are important for
supporting children with intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities, we have
developed a mobile application, Plan&Do, acting as a technology probe. The contribution of …
In this paper, we discuss possibilities for how digital tools can support children with intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities. Leisure activities play an important role for physiological and psychological well-being, but children with intellectual disabilities carry out less leisure activities than others. In order to investigate what factors are important for supporting children with intellectual disabilities to carry out leisure activities, we have developed a mobile application, Plan&Do, acting as a technology probe. The contribution of this paper is based on results from a situated evaluation, and consist of a raised awareness of the many challenges parents and children face when choosing and preparing for taking part in a leisure activity, as well as early results from how this can be supported, and directions for future work.