Participation, ideation and inclusion: technology co-design process involving people with intellectual disabilities

20 Minute Talk

November 10, 2021

15:10

ESP

Participation, ideation and inclusion: technology co-design process involving people with intellectual disabilities

Rosario Muñoz Araya, Katherine Exss Cid

Most of the methods more commonly employed in ideation or codesign processes are not cognitively available for the elderly and those with intellectual disabilities. In order to create the possibilities of participation that take into account such groups, we need to rethink our design methods and processes, so overcoming the obstacles preventing the participation of these populations. The following talk will introduce an inclusive research process undertaken in 2020, within the framework of the FONDECYT research project New Education Challenges in Chile: aiding the independent living of intellectually or developmentally disabled adults. The study experience will be presented by means of PiX (interaction patterns) as an accessible codesign method, with the purpose of co-creating technological aids for intellectually disabled adults in Chile to live independently. This talk will go in-depth into the importance of listening to intellectually disabled communities in order to bring new points of view into design processes, heading towards the co-creation of accessible devices and services, taking into account the active participation of this community.

Rosario Muñoz Araya

Service Designer - Organization of Organizations

(They - Them)

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I am an object designer majored in Interaction Design at the PUCV. I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Architecture and Design under the research thesis Form, Culture and Technology, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile. In recent years I have gained experience on multidisciplinary work by designing strategies for creative development in the field of Accessibility Studies and Graphic Aid for Educational Projects for the State. I am a research assistant at the PUCV Accessibility and Inclusion Center, where I collaborate in the activities of the FONDECYT research project New Education Challenges in Chile: aiding the independent living of intellectually or developmentally disabled adults.

Katherine Exss Cid

Service Designer - Organization of Organizations

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I am a Graphic Designer from PUCV, and MA in Information Design from the University of Reading, UK. I currently pursue a Doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Bío-Bío, in Chile. I have more than ten years of professional experience designing products and services in multidisciplinary teams, combining different strategies, research methods and observation for innovation in leading national companies. I am a permanent undergraduate and postgraduate professor at the PUCV School of Architecture and Design, where I participate in subjects in the line of interaction and service design, where I do research in the study area of Form, Culture and Technology. I am the founder and local co-leader of the local chapter of the World Interaction Design Association, IxDA Viña del Mar.