Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs

Kathrin Gerling; Kieran Hicks; Michael Kalyn; Adam Evans; Conor Linehan

doi:10.1145/2858036.2858070

Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs

Kathrin Gerling
, Kieran Hicks
, Michael Kalyn
, Adam Evans
, Conor Linehan

School of Applied Psychology

University of Lincoln
University of Copenhagen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

Young people using powered wheelchairs have limited access to engaging leisure activities. We address this issue through a two-stage project; 1) the participatory development of a set of wheelchair-controlled, movement-based games (with 9 participants at a school that provides education for young people who have special needs) and 2) three case studies (4 participants) exploring player perspectives on a set of three wheelchair-controlled casual games. Our results show that movement-based playful experiences are engaging for young people using powered wheelchairs. However, the participatory design process and case studies also reveal challenges for game accessibility regarding the integration of movement in games, diversity of abilities among young people using powered wheelchairs, and the representation of disability in games. In our paper, we explore how to address those challenges in the development of accessible, empowering movement-based games, which is crucial to the wider participation of young people using powered wheelchairs in play.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	4447-4458
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450333627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858070
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2016
Event	34th Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	34th Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Accessibility
Games
Participatory design

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Gerling, K., Hicks, K., Kalyn, M., Evans, A., & Linehan, C. (2016). Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs. In CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 4447-4458). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858070

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Gerling, K, Hicks, K, Kalyn, M, Evans, A & Linehan, C 2016, Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs. in CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 4447-4458, 34th Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016, San Jose, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858070

Designing movement-based play with young people using powered wheelchairs. / Gerling, Kathrin; Hicks, Kieran; Kalyn, Michael et al.
CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery , 2016. p. 4447-4458 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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