@inbook{bibcite_140, keywords = {children with intellectual disabilities, Daily Life Activities, Human-computer interaction, literacy acquisition, Non-Traditional User Interfaces}, author = {Janio Jadan-Guerrero and Luis A. Guerrero}, editor = {Klaus Miesenberger and Deborah Fels and Dominique Archambault and PPe\v n{\'a}z and Wolfgang Zagler}, title = {Experiences and Challenges in Designing Non-traditional Interfaces to Enhance the Everyday Life of Children with Intellectual Disabilities}, abstract = {

Some experiences regarding children with disabilities carried out in~Ecuador, Costa Rica and Spain have contributed to realize the importance of~reading in order to enhance their daily life activities, independence and social~integration. This article describes a qualitative study to understand general issues related to the design of non-traditional technologies for children with intellectual disabilities. A methodological~ approach is described and explained~through the results of exploratory surveys and interviews. According to the information obtained from experts and the method of literacy acquisition proposed by Troncoso and Del Cerro, the design of a smart kit using nontraditional user interfaces is presented. A preliminary evaluation of the first prototype is described. The paper concludes by reflecting upon the importance of~literacy acquisition and the challenges to design non-traditional interfaces to~support learning of children with intellectual disabilities. The development of~the phase two of the prototype and empirical evaluation is part of the future~work.

}, year = {2014}, journal = {Computers Helping People with Special Needs}, volume = {8548}, chapter = {Experiences and Challenges in Designing Non-traditional Interfaces to Enhance the Everyday Life of Children with Intellectual...}, pages = {164{\textendash}171}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-08599-9}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08599-9_26}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-08599-9_26}, }