From research participant to co-researcher: Chloe's story on co-designing inclusive technologies with people with intellectual disability

Abstract

This experience report offers the perspective of the first author, Chloe, a woman with intellectual disability, on participation in technology co-design and her views of how technology, particularly social robots, can be designed for everyone’s benefit. The core of the report are quotes from Chloe in response to questions of the research team, with some context in terms of literature and background for her experiences. A short discussion contributed by the academic researcher authors reflects on relationship building throughout series of co-design research projects and highlights future directions for inclusive co-design research, the nuances between co-design research participants and co-researchers.