DOCTRID Presentation July 2012

E-inclusion, Design for ability and Assistive Technology

SMARTlab @ UCD-

Professor Lizbeth GoodmanRoebuck CastleUniversity College DublinDublin 4, Ireland

Email: lizbeth.goodman@ucd.ieTel: +353 (1) 716 7973

SMARTlab @ UCD SMARTlab has three distinct strands of activity:

1. A transdiscipliary practice-based research centre with successful longstanding PhD programmes, MA programmes and ‘buddy system’ community outreach and action research projects, founded and run by scholars who are also artists, educators and technologists who have long encountered difficulties in placing their work in more ‘traditional’ disciplinary

settings;

2. A suite of community engagement and creative industries projects focused on e- inclusion and design for ability, assistive technology, IT for women and girls, and educational inclusivity; &

3. A knowledge transfer centre and sensory studio that operates as a space where local communities can join forces with academics, artists, technologists and game designers to make and test meaningful games

and interactive tools.

SMARTlab UCDTRUST (Open & Multimodal Interfaces, including the Active Chair)

SMARTlab UCDTRUST : Stephen Hawking School

SMARTlab UCDPhD Project by Nigel Newbutt, SMARTlab Manager:

Virtual Worlds for Young People on the Autistic Spectrum

SMARTlab UCDMixed Ability Performance

SMARTlab UCDMixed Ability Performance

SMARTlab UCDInterFACES: the human face of Assistive Technologies

DOCTRID Presentation July 2012

SMARTlab UCD

Professor Lizbeth GoodmanSMARTlabRoebuck CastleUniversity College DublinDublin 4, Ireland

Email: lizbeth.goodman@ucd.ieTel: +353 (1) 716 7973