Ludic Design for Accessibility

Technology solutions for accessibility have long been created using a narrow utilitarian lens, especially in the Global South due to multi-dimensional challenges and resource constraints—an emphasis on purely functional outcomes supported by sterile cost-benefit analysis that ignores the fact that people with disability are people first with their own aspirations for leisure and enjoyment in addition to skills and employment. We propose an alternate design methodology called the Ludic Design for Accessibility (LDA) that puts play and playfulness at the center of all assistive technology design and use.

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Date:
Speakers:
AV Reji, Rishika Shetty, Anirudha Ghosh
Affiliation:
Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology

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