TouchView: Cognitive Assistance for MPS Children
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Developmental disabilities such as Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) require minute-to-minute, burdening care on the part of the parents. Often, one of the parents has to be dedicated 100%, 24/7 to support and sustain their child’s life. To enhance children’s cognitive ability in expressing some of their desires, we designed a simple DVD controller in a specific form factor suitable to MPS children. Our design was participatory, allowing one family with MPS children to provide guidelines. TouchView is intended to provide intuitive way for MPS children to express their wishes and desires of watching a particular movie.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009