Publications

2024

Li, M. and Aflatoony, L. (2024). Exploring the Potential of Generative AI in DIY Assistive Technology Design by Occupational Therapists, In Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. [DOI]

Wang, Y., Aflatoony, L. (2024). Design and Evaluation of an AR-Assisted Tool for Enhancing Breast Self-Examination and Awareness, 18th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (Pervasive Health 2024), Crete, Greece. [DOI]

Li, M. and Aflatoony, L. (2023). A Parametric Design Tool to Support Customized Adaptations of Assistive Technologies for People with Hand Impairments. In Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 87, 1–4. [DOI]

Shenai, Sh. and Aflatoony, L. (2023). An Assistive Technology Prescription Tool for Novice Occupational Therapy Practitioners, In Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 360–369. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Hepburn, K., Perkins, M., Waldrop, D., Reed, L., (2022). Training Clinical Researchers with Design Thinking to Develop Dementia Caregiving Research Initiatives. Design for Health Journal, 69-90. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L. and Kolaric, S. (2022). One Size Doesn’t Fit All: On the Adaptation Universal Design of Assistive Technology. In Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN2022 Conference, Croatia, 1209 – 1220. [DOI]

Cheng, C., Aflatoony, L. (2022). The Reappropriation of Instant Messaging: Texting Ourselves, Message Dumping, and Revisiting Conversations. In Proceedings of ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, MHCI, Article 187, 1-23. [DOI]

Qu, C., Aflatoony, L. (2022). An Augmented Reality Design Tool to Guide Furniture Arrangements at Home, In Proceedings of the 34th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 254–259. [DOI]

Sun, G., Aflatoony, L., Wilson, W. (2022). Designing Hearing Aids to Mitigate Perceived Stigma Associated with Hearing Impairment, In Proceedings of the 16th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (Pervasive Health 2022), Thessaloniki, Greece, 528–539. [DOI]

Gupta, T., Aflatoony, L., Leonard, L. (2021). “A Helping Hand”: Design and Evaluation of a Reading Assistant Application for Children with Dyslexia. In Proceedings of the 33rd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 242–251. [DOI]

Gupta, T., Aflatoony, L., Leonard, L. (2021). Augmenta11y: A Reading Assistant Application for Children with Dyslexia. In Proceedings of ASSETS 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1-3. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Shenai, S. (2021). Unpacking the Challenges and Future of Assistive Technology Adaptation by Occupational Therapists. In Proceedings of CHItaly 2021, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–8. [DOI]

Harper, A., Aflatoony, L. (2021). Always On: Unpacking the challenges of living with insulin pumps, to design novel solutions. In Proceedings of TEI 2021: Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 1–13. [DOI]

Aoyama, H., Aflatoony, L. (2020). Occupational Therapy Meets Design: An Augmented Reality Tool for Assistive Home Modifications. In Proceedings of OZCHI 2020: The International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 426–436. [DOI] [Honorable Mention Award]

Harper, A., Aflatoony, L. (2020). Exploring the challenges and potential alternatives of Insulin Pump Technologies. Pervasive Health 2020: 14th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 371–374. [DOI]

Aoyama, H., Aflatoony, L. (2020). HomeModAR: A Home Intervention Augmented Reality Tool for Occupational Therapists. CHI EA ’20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, ACM Press, 1–7. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L. and Lee, S. (2020). AT Makers: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Co-Designing Assistive Technologies by Co-Optimizing Expert Knowledge. In Proceedings of the 16th Participatory Design Conference 2020 – Participation(s) Otherwise – Volume 2 (PDC ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 128–132. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Tonetto, L. M. Campiglia, G. C., DuBose, J. R. (2020). Photo Narrative: Co-Designing a Built Environment with Seniors with Mild Cognitive Impairments. In Proceedings of DRS’20, 1392-1407. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R., & Hawryshkewich, A. (2018). Characteristics of an effective secondary school design thinking curriculum. FormAkademisk – Forskningstidsskrift for Design Og Designdidaktikk, 11(5). [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R. Neustaedter, C. (2017). Becoming a Design Thinker: Assessing the Learning Process of Students in a Secondary Level Design Thinking Course. The International Journal of Art and Design Education, 2 September 2017, 1-16. [DOI]

Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R. (2015). Thoughtful Thinkers: Secondary Schoolers’ Learning about Design Thinking. In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers: LearnxDesign 2015, Aalto University Press, 563-574. [DOI]

Lin, H. Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R. (2014). Design for One: A Game Controller for a Quadriplegic Gamer. CHI’14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, ACM Press, 1243-1248. [DOI]

Wakkary, R., Desjardins, A., Odom, W., Hauser, S., Aflatoony, L. (2014). Eclipse: Eliciting the Subjective Qualities of Public Places. In Proceedings of DIS 2014: Designing Interactive Systems, 151-160. [DOI]

Lin, H. Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R. (2014). Design for One: An Empathic Approach to Design for an Expert User. CHI’14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1243-1248. [DOI]