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Methods for designing assistive devices extracted from 16 case studies in the literature

Cécile Magnier
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Guillaume Thomann
François Villeneuve
Peggy Zwolinski

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This paper studies existing design methods for designing assistive devices. Publications discussing how to select a design method when designing for disabled people are rare. However, designers do design for disabled people and researchers do publish these case-studies. The aim of this paper is to extract the underlying design methods from design cases. Sixteen case-studies presenting the design of assistive device have been analyzed. A table summarizes the design methods identified in the case-studies. Unusual methods are described. Then, each method is discussed. Results show that user-Centred Design (UCD) tools are widely used for designing assistive device. UCD approach is expected to be helpful but evidences are lacking. Recently, some authors have adapted existing tools outside the disability world to use them in the context of design projects for disabled people (ABAB design, AD SWOT and AD TOWS and Fitts' law). More investigations of these tools would be needed to be able to evaluate their benefits and weaknesses. In addition, tools coming from the rehabilitation field have been reused by designers (joint range and muscle force measure, and psycho-motor tests). Since, those tools were created initially to measure disabled people's abilities, they seem totally relevant for designers in the disability field.
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hal-00677757 , version 1 (09-03-2012)

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Cécile Magnier, Guillaume Thomann, François Villeneuve, Peggy Zwolinski. Methods for designing assistive devices extracted from 16 case studies in the literature. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 2012, 6 (2), pp.93-100. ⟨10.1007/s12008-012-0143-2⟩. ⟨hal-00677757⟩
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