Self-empowerment through making: exploring the involvement experiences of people with disabilities in designing and adapting assistive products

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The effects of disabilities can vary significantly between individuals (e.g., function and body structure problems, limitations, or prevention of involvement in activities). This variability in the needs of people with disabilities demands inclusive and universal design approaches and personalized assistive solutions which empower people with disabilities, allowing them to have more control over their actions and to participate in activities. The empowering potential of the maker movement and production activities for individuals with disabilities is apparent, but not thoroughly investigated. In this thesis research, the empowerment of people with physical disabilities through their involvement in designing, making, and adapting processes of their own assistive products are investigated from the developing country context of Turkey. The research utilizes semi-structured interviews and participant observations of people with various physical disabilities. The study highlights most significantly that individually specific disabilities affect both assistive product use and community participation, that there is a need to personalize assistive products, and that people with disabilities tend to form personal networks for making activities.

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Disability, Inclusive design, Maker movement, Empowerment, Assistive products

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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K. Canlar, “Self-empowerment through making: exploring the involvement experiences of people with disabilities in designing and adapting assistive products,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.