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Would You Be Mine: Appropriating
Minecraft as an Assistive Technology for
Youth with Autism
Kathryn E. Ringland, Christine T. Wolf, LouAnne E. Boyd,
Mark S. Baldwin, & Gillian R. Hayes
Department of Informatics
University of California, Irvine
{kringlan, wolfct, boydl, baldwinm, hayesg}@uci.edu
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Research Question
How does an online community for children with autism
adopt and adapt mainstream information and
communication systems (such as Minecraft) as assistive
technology?
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Autcraft
“[the] first Minecraft server dedicated to providing a
safe, fun and learning environment for children on
the autism spectrum and their families” (Autcraft
website)
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Child-Initiated Design
Child
Appropriates & Augments
Their Environment
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Adult Administrators
Iterate on Designs &
Pushes to Whole Community
Sensory Rooms
I came across a hole in the ground like a small, dark
chamber just big enough for an avatar to stand inside. A
member informed me that it was built to give them a
“sensory break.” When they went inside and plugged the
top of the hole, their screen would go all black. (field
notes)
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Sensory Rooms
This really helped me today there was a trigger for some
bad memories and it calmed me down wish i could visit
this in real life. (forum)
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Sensory Rooms
I think sensory rooms are a fantastic idea. And I added a
book in calm room 1 its about what to do and about calm
rooms. (forum)
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Text Chat
A quick message to the other admins and helpers on the
server and now we’re all aware of this and going to
support him with his needs even if it means explaining
to the other players that in his case, it’s OK to do what
he’s doing. This is just one of the many ways that Autcraft
is different from all the other servers. (Facebook post)
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Text Chat
This was the BEST idea ever! Chat is so much easier to
see now. I don’t have poor vision … but it STILL so much
easier to see (forum)
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Conclusion
Flexible, open system allows for adaptation
Expectation to create and appropriate
Child-initiated design
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Thank You
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@liltove
kateringland.com
A special thanks to my coauthors and
members of LUCI and STAR for
helping put this presentation together.
And to the Autcraft community for their
continual openness to my presence.
All stock photos in this
presentation were made
available through Death to the
Stock Photo, Unsplash, and
Negative Space to be used
attribution free.