Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults

Thijs Waardenburg; Niels van Huizen; Jelle van Dijk; Maurice Magnée; Wouter Staal; Jan-Pieter Teunisse; Mascha C. van der Voort

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Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults

Thijs Waardenburg^*, Niels van Huizen, Jelle van Dijk, Maurice Magnée, Wouter Staal, Jan-Pieter Teunisse, Mascha C. van der Voort

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This paper describes the development of and first experiences with 'Design Your Life': a novel method aimed at user-initiated design of technologies supporting young autistic adults in independent living. A conceptual, phenomenological background resulting in four core principles is described. Taking a practice-oriented Research-through-Design approach, three co-design case studies were conducted, in which promising methods from the co-design literature with the lived experiences and practical contexts of autistic young adults and their caregivers is contrasted. This explorative inquiry provided some first insights into several design directions of the Design Your Life-process. In a series of new case studies that shall follow, the Design Your Life-method will be iteratively developed, refined and ultimately validated in practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design, User Experience, and Usability
Subtitle of host publication	Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development
Editors	Marcelo M. Soares, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Aaron Marcus
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	373-386
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-78224-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-78223-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_26
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	10th International Conference, DUXU 2021: Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event - Duration: 24 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12780
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	10th International Conference, DUXU 2021
Period	24/07/21 → 29/07/21

Keywords

Autism
Assistive technology
Phenomenology
Participatory Design
Research Through Design
Independent living
22/1 OA procedure

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Waardenburg, T., van Huizen, N., van Dijk, J., Magnée, M., Staal, W., Teunisse, J-P., & van der Voort, M. C. (2021). Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. In M. M. Soares, E. Rosenzweig, & A. Marcus (Eds.), Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development (pp. 373-386). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12780). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_26

Waardenburg, Thijs ; van Huizen, Niels ; van Dijk, Jelle et al. / Design Your Life : User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development. editor / Marcelo M. Soares ; Elizabeth Rosenzweig ; Aaron Marcus. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021. pp. 373-386 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Waardenburg, T, van Huizen, N , van Dijk, J, Magnée, M, Staal, W, Teunisse, J-P & van der Voort, MC 2021, Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. in MM Soares, E Rosenzweig & A Marcus (eds), Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12780, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 373-386, 10th International Conference, DUXU 2021, 24/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_26

Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. / Waardenburg, Thijs; van Huizen, Niels ; van Dijk, Jelle et al.
Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development. ed. / Marcelo M. Soares; Elizabeth Rosenzweig; Aaron Marcus. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. p. 373-386 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12780).

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Waardenburg T, van Huizen N , van Dijk J, Magnée M, Staal W, Teunisse J-P et al. Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. In Soares MM, Rosenzweig E, Marcus A, editors, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2021. p. 373-386. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2021 Jul 3. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_26

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