End user programming and context responsiveness in handheld prompting systems for persons with cognitive disabilities and caregivers

  • Stefan Carmien*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Providing instructions via handheld prompters holds much promise for supporting independence for persons with cognitive disabilities. Because users of these tools are paired- caregivers who make scripts and a person with cognitive disabilities who uses them- designing such a system presents unique meta-design problems. The problems of changing content and configuration on a handheld computer, as needs and abilities change of the users with cognitive disabilities, produce a critical need for end-user programming tools. This paper describes the design and testing of the MAPS (Memory Aiding Prompting System) system, consisting of a handheld prompter and a multimedia editing tool for script creation, storage, and modification. The unique meta-design challenges of supporting end-user programming of context-responsive systems, and its broader implications, are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI'05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'05
Pages1252-1255
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2005 - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: 2 Apr 20057 Apr 2005

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland, OR
Period2/04/057/04/05

Keywords

  • Assistive technology
  • Context aware mobile systems
  • End-user programming
  • Technology abandonment

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