A large focus of my PhD work has been on finding ways of hearing and amplifying the voices of non-speaking children with physical disabilities. Generating children’s voices that are faithful to what children wantContinue reading
Category: research
A video study on AAC use in conversations
I’m so delighted to share details of my first full paper co-authored with Mina Vasalou and Mike Clarke. It’s to appear in the CHI 2018 proceedings and has been awarded an honourable mention. Continue reading
A focus on values
Over recent years, child computer interaction (CCI) research has pushed the agenda for interaction design, embedding the contributions of children throughout the design process. Researchers are teasing out and critiquing the roles thatContinue reading
Ethics & integrity – How do we make it meaningful?
Judging from the nature of this post, you’ll probably gather that I’m reflecting on how to plan and carry out research that is ethical. The bigger challenge is being able to reflect this process inContinue reading
Researching with, not for.
In this post, I had intended to sum up my views on why AAC design research should start to involve children who are direct beneficiaries of AAC technologies. It has long been established that childrenContinue reading
Levelling the playing field
It would be fairly naïve to assume that I could easily master a new language, with a totally different linguistic system, at the ripe old age of thirty something without lots of trial and massesContinue reading
The story so far
Encouraging children to take on any form of technology can be tricky for so many reasons. A quick search for computers for kids brings up hundreds, thousands of choices which compete for our attention. EachContinue reading