BendableSound: a fabric-based interactive surface to promote free play in children with autism

Ortega, Deysi Helen, Cibrian, Franceli Linney and Tentori, Mónica 2015. BendableSound: a fabric-based interactive surface to promote free play in children with autism. Presented at: 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility, New York, United States, 26-28 Oct 2015. ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility. ACM, pp. 315-316. 10.1145/2700648.2811355

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Abstract

Children with autism found free play difficult. Free play is important for children with autism to help them develop social, communication, and expression skills. Interactive surfaces (IS) offer a casual and natural collaborative and engaging experience adequate to promote free play for children with autism. In this poster, we present the design and development of BendableSound, a fabric-based IS that allows children play music when tapping and touching on digital elements appearing on top of the fabric. To design BendableSound, we followed a user-centered design process involving interviewing, observation, and design sessions with caregivers. We close discussing directions for future work.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	ACM
ISBN:	9781450334006
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2022 13:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147151

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