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SUMMARY:Supporting Inclusion and Social Experiences through Technology Des
 ign - Dr Anja Thieme\, Microsoft Research
DTSTART:20181010T100000Z
DTEND:20181010T110000Z
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CONTACT:Mari Huhtala
DESCRIPTION:Historically\, in healthcare and accessibility contexts\, a di
 sability was often regarded as a functional limitation or even 'deficit' i
 n need of overcoming. This has led to much research in the field of Human-
 Computer Interaction to focus on assisting people through tools that addre
 ss the ‘problems’ associated with ill-health or disability by providin
 g access to treatment\, improving the accessibility of certain tasks\, and
  promoting personal change and ideas of independent living. In this talk\,
  I take a different orientation to disability that aligns with a social mo
 del of disability and considers a person's (dis)ability not as something t
 hat is fixed or determined alone through the body (e.g. a physical or ment
 al impairment)\, but instead as created through a person’s interactions 
 within their environment. For technology design\, this suggests then to br
 ing closer considerations to the way in which people construct their own a
 bilities in different situations and how this can often involve other peop
 le. In this talk\, I will draw on findings of two case studies that involv
 ed people with vision impairments to show how they constructed their own a
 bilities in different situations\; how such processes are often accomplish
 ed through\, and bound up with\, other people and a person’s social expe
 riences\; and how technology can be designed to play an important part in 
 assisting such constructions of ability\, and thereby can serve to extend 
 peoples' capabilities.
LOCATION:Sir Arthur Marshalls\, CUED
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