HCI for Children with Disabilities by Josefina Guerrero-Garcia Juan Manuel González-Calleros Jaime Muñoz-Arteaga & César A. Collazos

Author:Josefina Guerrero-Garcia, Juan Manuel González-Calleros, Jaime Muñoz-Arteaga & César A. Collazos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

4.2.1 Child–Computer Interaction

The study of interaction with children and information technology has emerged in a research area named Child–Computer Interaction (CCI) [5]. CCI is related with studies in design, evaluation of interactive systems developed for children [6], where the technology impact in children and society is analyzed. Design of products for children is not an easy task, especially when they have limitations and impairments.

CCI is of great interest in areas such as education and health. The fundamental question is: How can we design products addressed to the needs of the children and offer them a positive experience when using them? In order to answer this question, research in designing for children involves a multidisciplinary team including experts in education, Human–Computer interaction, psychology, among others. These teams help to analyze and evaluate aspects such as the way children learn, play, or interact with systems. Moreover, if a child has disabilities, these aspects can change in comparison to nondisabled children.

The design of an interactive system for children has to present innovative, interesting and attractive content, stimulating the child to learn. Therefore, children’s preferences must be assessed to help designers and developers make proper decisions on the design of the interactive system, decreasing costs and learning time. Users usually prefer to learn while practicing [7], which is very important for the interface design and adaptation to the user. If an interface is easy in use and intuitive, less time will be needed to accomplish goals, few errors will be done during the interaction, the child will have a better experience and increased satisfaction in the use of product.

However, children do not have the same learning strategies or preferences, especially children with special needs, whose disabilities can change the way we communicate with them, therefore, the participatory design is essential in the interaction design.

Children with Special Needs

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