2024
Aflatoony, L., Hepburn, K., Perkins, MM. (2024). From empathy to action: design thinking as a catalyst for community-based participatory research in dementia caregiving, Design for Health, 1-22. [DOI]
2023
Aflatoony, L., Dubose, J, Song, F., Machry, H, and Burke, M. (2023). Exploring the value of multi-sensory aids in co-designing assistive home devices for older adults with cognitive impairment, Assistive Technology Journal, 1-7. [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. [DOI]
2022
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, 1-22. [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, Pervasive Health 2022: 16th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Thessaloniki, Greece. [DOI]
2021
Aflatoony, L., Lee, S., Sanford, J. (2021). Collective Making: Co-Designing 3D Printed Assistive Technologies with Occupational Therapists. Designers, and End-Users. Assistive Technology Journal, 1-10. [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, 1-8. [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, 1–13. [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]
2020
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., Lee, S. (2020). CoDEA: A Framework for Co-Designing Assistive Technologies with Occupational Therapists. Industrial Designers, and End-Users with Mobility Impairments, Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, Volume 1, 1843-1852. [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]
2018
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]
2017
Aflatoony, L., Wakkary, R., and Neustaedter, C. (2017). Investigating the Benefits of a Secondary-Education Interaction-design-thinking Course Inside and Outside the Classroom, The International Journal of Design Education, 11 (2): 1-19. [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]
2015
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]
2014
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]
Presentations and invited talks
Dubose, J., Aflatoony, L. (2022). A Framework for Co-Designing with Cognitively Impairment Individuals. Health in all Design, The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Greenville, SC, June 1-4, 2022. [Link]
Aflatoony, L. (2022). Learning, Perception, and Values of Participatory Design for Senior Undergraduate Students, Celebrating Teaching Day, poster session, Atlanta, April 7, 2022. [PDF]
Aflatoony, L. (2022). The lesson learned and empowering value of participatory research collaboration among design students and individuals with MCI, Cognitive Empowerment Program Annual Research Symposium, Atlanta, Feb. 11, 2022.
Aflatoony, L., Hepburn, K., Perkins, M., Waldrop, D., (2021). Design Thinking as a Method for Developing Caregiver (and Other) Interventions, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Arizona, Nov 10, 2021. [Link]
Aflatoony, L. (2021) Unpacking the Challenges and Future of Assistive Technology Adaptation by Occupational Therapists, CHItaly 2021, June 13, 2021.
Aflatoony, L., Bartlett, C., Colman, N. Hebbar, K. (2021). Designing for Patient Safety; Simulation-based Hospital Design Testing, HiBRID – Healthcare Innovation Bridging Research, Informatics and Design, NYU Grossman School of Medicine April 6, 2021.
Aflatoony, L. (2021) Design Thinking and Health, Office of Nursing Research, Emory University, March 11, 2021.
Aflatoony, L. (2020). Occupational Therapy Meets Design: An Augmented Reality Tool for Assistive Home Modifications, OZCHI 2020, Dec 3, 2020.
Aflatoony, L. & Bartlett, C. (2020). Analytics and Healthcare Design: A multi-Pronged Approach to Design Analysis, Medical Design Deep Dive, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), November 13, 2020.
Aflatoony, L. (2020). CoDEA: A Framework for Co-Designing Assistive Technologies with Occupational Therapists, Industrial Designers, and End-Users with Mobility Impairments; online presentation, Oct 26, 2020.
Aflatoony, L. (2020). AT Makers: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Co-Designing Assistive Technologies by Co-Optimizing Expert Knowledge, Participatory Design Conference, June 17, 2020.
Aflatoony, L. (2019). Decision Analytics in Design and Construction, College of Design Research Forum, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sep. 26, 2019.
Aflatoony, L. (2019). Practical application of personal-scale manufacturing technologies in designing assistive technologies. College of Design Research Forum: Introducing New Voices in Design Research, Mar. 14, 2019.
Aflatoony, L. (2018). Designing for people: An innovative cross-disciplinary graduate training program focusing on people-centered interactive computational technologies, Postdoctoral Research Day, University of British Columbia.
Aflatoony, L. (2017). Iconography in user experience (UX) and interface design. Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Aflatoony, L. (2015). Thoughtful Thinkers: Secondary Schoolers’ Learning about Design Thinking, LearnxDesign conference, June 29, 2015.
Aflatoony, L. and Desjardins, A. (2014). Eclipse: Eliciting the Subjective Qualities of Public Places, Designing interactive systems, June 23, 2014.