TY - GEN
T1 - Participatory design of an autism community network to enhance community participation, health, and well-being
AU - Carroll, John M.
AU - Burge, Jamika D.
AU - Robertson, Scott
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We present a socio-technical design that illustrates how a community network health intervention can mobilize human resources across social boundaries, and enhance health and well-being for people on both sides of the boundary. We specifically address how to reduce the barriers to social engagement experienced by autistic individuals who want more supportive life opportunities. We focus on the social milieu of an American college town, on traditional town-gown boundaries, and on possibilities for integrating social resources within this context. Our design adopts community networking to not only connect autistic persons living within an existing social milieu (university undergraduates; local autistic children and their families), but also to integrate individuals across milieus. Our key design idea is that facilitating cross-milieu interactions can initiate and sustain a virtuous cycle of being helped by helping others.
AB - We present a socio-technical design that illustrates how a community network health intervention can mobilize human resources across social boundaries, and enhance health and well-being for people on both sides of the boundary. We specifically address how to reduce the barriers to social engagement experienced by autistic individuals who want more supportive life opportunities. We focus on the social milieu of an American college town, on traditional town-gown boundaries, and on possibilities for integrating social resources within this context. Our design adopts community networking to not only connect autistic persons living within an existing social milieu (university undergraduates; local autistic children and their families), but also to integrate individuals across milieus. Our key design idea is that facilitating cross-milieu interactions can initiate and sustain a virtuous cycle of being helped by helping others.
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U2 - 10.1145/1882992.1883054
DO - 10.1145/1882992.1883054
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650943377
SN - 9781450300308
T3 - IHI'10 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium
SP - 415
EP - 419
BT - IHI'10 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium
T2 - 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium, IHI'10
Y2 - 11 November 2010 through 12 November 2010
ER -