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Authors: Kathryn E. Ringland, LouAnne Boyd, Heather Faucett, Amanda L.L. Cullen, and Gillian R. Hayes
IDC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
June 2017
Pages 340 - 345
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Maker culture values fabrication and production in both the digital and physical realms as well as the sharing of resources. As such, maker culture provides an opportunity to be democratic and inclusive. Likewise, spaces that stem from maker culture, such as makerspaces, provide the same opportunity for inclusion, even for those with disabilities. Autcraft is a community that supports children with autism and is centered on a Minecraft virtual world that embodies maker culture. The Autcraft community's unique form of maker culture supports self-expression, sociality, and learning for children with autism by providing structure in a virtual space, allowing for and enabling creating and sharing. In this paper, we explore design implications for the creation of inclusive spaces for making and self-expression in the future based on intensive fieldwork in the Autcraft community.
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June 2017
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