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Ability-Diverse Collaboration 
in HCI Research

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) must evolve to be ability-centric in an era celebrating diversity. Interdependence Theory underscores the need for technology to foster shared goals, irrespective of users' abilities. Our contribution includes a unified taxonomy, the Ability-Diverse Collaboration Framework, mapping the design space, and highlighting future research opportunities. 

Framework for ability sharing and ability combining

Papers Found

117

Participatory Design of Therapeutic Video Games for Young People with Neurological Vision Impairment

Waddington J,Linehan C,Gerling K,Hicks K,Hodgson TL

2015

CHI

General

Framework

Disability

Blind and/or Low Vision

Contribution

Methodological

Temporal

Synchronous

Physical

Co-located

Context

Research/Design

Evaluation

N/A

Ability-combining

Collaboration

N/A

Technology

Scale

Group

PwD-NonDisabled

Collaborator

Piece It Together: Insights from One Year of Engagement with Electronics and Programming for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Ellis K,Kruesi L,Ananthanarayan S,Senaratne H,Lindsay S

2023

CHI

General

Framework

Disability

Unspecified/Multiple

Contribution

Artifact, Empirical

Temporal

Synchronous

Physical

Co-located

Context

Learning

Evaluation

Usage

Ability-combining

Collaboration

Ability Combiner

Technology

Scale

Group

PwD-NonDisabled, PwD-PwD

Collaborator

Real-time captioning by groups of non-experts

Walter Lasecki, Christopher Miller, Adam Sadilek, Andrew Abumoussa, Donato Borrello, Raja Kushalnagar, Jeffrey Bigham

2012

UIST

General

Framework

Disability

d/Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH)

Contribution

Artifact

Temporal

Synchronous

Physical

Distributed

Context

Accessibility, Crowd Work

Evaluation

Technical, Usage

Ability-sharing

Collaboration

Ability Channel

Technology

Scale

1-1

NonDisabled->PwD

Collaborator

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