TY - GEN
T1 - Walking in another's shoes
T2 - 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS'10
AU - Hailpern, Joshua
AU - Danilevsky, Marina
AU - Karahalios, Karrie
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The impact of living in a world that does not understand your impairment can be frustrating and a daunting task. Consider how an individual would feel if their family, friends, or doctors did not understand or were not even empathetic to daily struggles brought on by an acquired language disorder such as Aphasia. This work seeks to shed new light on aphasia by creating an instant message client which emulates the effects of aphasia. The goal of this new system is to raise awareness, teach, and increase empathy for caregivers, family members, and doctors/therapists who work with this population on a daily basis.
AB - The impact of living in a world that does not understand your impairment can be frustrating and a daunting task. Consider how an individual would feel if their family, friends, or doctors did not understand or were not even empathetic to daily struggles brought on by an acquired language disorder such as Aphasia. This work seeks to shed new light on aphasia by creating an instant message client which emulates the effects of aphasia. The goal of this new system is to raise awareness, teach, and increase empathy for caregivers, family members, and doctors/therapists who work with this population on a daily basis.
KW - Aphasia
KW - Empathy
KW - Emulation
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U2 - 10.1145/1878803.1878880
DO - 10.1145/1878803.1878880
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650619520
SN - 9781605588810
T3 - ASSETS'10 - Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
SP - 299
EP - 300
BT - ASSETS'10 - Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Y2 - 25 October 2010 through 27 October 2010
ER -