“A child with autism only has one childhood”: main themes and questions for research from the “Digital Bubbles” seminar series

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the main messages and key questions for further research arising from the seven-seminar series entitled, “Innovative technologies for autism: critical reflections on digital bubbles”, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in...

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Vydané v:Journal of enabling technologies Ročník 11; číslo 3; s. 113 - 119
Hlavní autori: Parsons, Sarah, Yuill, Nicola, Brosnan, Mark, Good, Judith
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 18.09.2017
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Predmet:
Adaptive technology
Autism
Autistic children
Childhood
Children & youth
Collaboration
Conferences
Economic research
Educational technology
Feedback
Innovations
Partnerships
Questions
Research methodology
Researchers
Seminars
Social interaction
Social research
Teaching
Technology
Virtual reality
United Kingdom > UK
Future research
Autism
Multi-disciplinary
Co-construction
Innovative technologies
State-of-the-art
ISSN:2398-6263, 2398-6271
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Shrnutí:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the main messages and key questions for further research arising from the seven-seminar series entitled, “Innovative technologies for autism: critical reflections on digital bubbles”, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. Design/methodology/approach A synthesis of the main ideas is presented, drawing on the presentations, discussions, participant feedback, and short papers from across the seminar series, which took place between November 2014-2016. Findings There were many positive examples where technologies were positioned and used as facilitative “bridges” between ideas, communities, understanding, and experiences. Researchers and community stakeholders also emphasised the importance of taking different perspectives and working in stronger partnerships with each other. Four overarching research questions were developed from these themes to provide a roadmap for future research, relating to: responsible innovation, technology-enabled social interaction, learning and pedagogy, and engagement. Originality/value The findings and methodologies produced by the Digital Bubbles seminar series, available on the project website (http://digitalbubbles.org.uk/) and in a series of short papers, provide a rich repository of state-of-the-art thinking in the field of autism and technology that is being utilised nationally and internationally in teaching and learning. This paper suggests some valuable future research directions and highlights the importance of establishing and maintaining multi-disciplinary research teams, with autistic people and their families at their core.
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ISSN:2398-6263
2398-6271
DOI:10.1108/JET-07-2017-0023