Who chooses what I need? Child voice and user-involvement in the development of learning technologies for children with autism

Children and young people with disabilities have rights to be included and heard, but remain under-represented in research due to perceived difficulties in gaining their views meaningfully. We present brief case studies from three different projects which have focused on developing virtual reality e...

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Main Authors: Parsons, Sarah (Author), Cobb, Sue (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013-07.
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Summary:Children and young people with disabilities have rights to be included and heard, but remain under-represented in research due to perceived difficulties in gaining their views meaningfully. We present brief case studies from three different projects which have focused on developing virtual reality educational technologies for children with autism to illustrate how this has been achievable in practice.