WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM 130 CHILDREN'S DREAM WHEELCHAIR DESIGNS? ELICITING CHILD-CENTRED INSIGHTS USING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK

O'Sullivan, Cara, Nickpour, Farnaz ORCID: 0000-0003-4207-6807 and Bernardi, Francesca (2021) WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM 130 CHILDREN'S DREAM WHEELCHAIR DESIGNS? ELICITING CHILD-CENTRED INSIGHTS USING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK. In: 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), 2021-8-16 - 2021-8-20, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The design of inclusive paediatric mobility (IPM) interventions, such as children's wheelchairs, are entangled with technological, health and social considerations. As narratives around childhood, disability and mobility shift and transform, these entanglements evolve. In order to optimise the experience of childhood mobility, IPM designers must understand and respond to such changes and channel children's own requirements, desires and 'dreams' into the design process; this can be achieved by utilising a child-centred design approach. This paper identifies meaningful child-centred IPM design insights and opportunities through the interdisciplinary analysis of 130 dream wheelchair designs by disabled children, aged 4 to 17 years. A novel interdisciplinary and child-centred design analysis framework is developed to dissect, categorise and code the topics and features expressed through visuals and written descriptions in each of the children's dream wheelchair designs. Children's mobility narratives, desires and requirements are elicited and trending topics are discussed. It is proposed that valuing children's voices in the IPM design process could alter both the process of designing IPM interventions as well as the product outcomes.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pediatric
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2021 07:26
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 13:39
DOI:	10.1017/pds.2021.602
Open Access URL:	http://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.602
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3136963