Contribution of clinical data to the design of assistive systems

The objective of our work is to design a new user-centered design (UCD) methodology in the field of design of assistive systems for multiple disabilities people who live in specialized care homes. We have adopted a specific approach by integrating clinical data interpreted on these people with multiple disabilities by medical and social staff. This is a new approach to remedy their difficulty in identifying and/or expressing their needs for assistive technologies. We will show through a case study how these clinical data have enabled us to design medium-fidelity prototypes for communication and environmental control devices.