Neurodiversity HCI

Art, Design and Neurodiversity

What is the role of contemporary art and design practice within neurodiversity? How digital media is engaging people who have a neurodivergent perspective (e.g., autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia) into creating new art? This paper looks at giving a brief overview of the topic whilst looking into project Art, Design and Neurodiversity that the author started in 2015 in conjunction with th...

What can physicians learn from the neurodiversity movement?

Editorial Perspective: Neurodiversity - a revolutionary concept for autism and psychiatry.

Should we continue to refer to autism as a 'disease' or 'disorder', or is the framework of 'neurodiversity' a more humane and accurate lens through which to view people with autism? Evidence at the genetic, neural, behavioural and cognitive levels reveals people with autism show both differences, and signs of disability, but not disorder. Disability requires societal support, acceptance of diff...

Existentialist HCI

HCI has borrowed some concepts from existential phenomenology, in particular Dreyfus’s interpretation of Heidegger’s philosophy. Not all concepts have been widely discussed, and it is urgently important to investigate further consequences of existential phenomenology on research and design of technology. ”Presence-at-hand” and ”readiness-at-hand” are two concepts that have been accomodated into...

Flipping HCI

This paper presents the results of two studies involving “flipping the classroom”. Teaching material was delivered via interactive “e-lectures”, allowing face-to-face sessions to focus instead on practice. The e-lectures were designed according to standard usability principles coupled with recent research into the effect of interactivity on learning. The effectiveness of the use of e-lectures w...