Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Assistive Technology: A Communication Board Case Study
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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) open-source hardware allows users of technology (and/or their community members) to create their own tools and designs. In recent years, resources and components for DIY electronics have emerged that allow for the development of customized, affordable assistive technologies. These resources, which can be shared online, open doors for new ways to create and share technology and present an approach that has the potential to be more efficient, affordable, and eventually effective than traditional approaches to assistive technology development and deployment. In this paper, we present a case study of how “citizen designer” methods have been used to develop a DIY open-source Speech-Generating Device for use by children.
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