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Title: "It Broadens My Mind": Empowering People with Cognitive Disabilities through Computing Education
Computer science education is widely viewed as a path to empowerment for young people, potentially leading to higher education, careers, and development of computational thinking skills. However, few resources exist for people with cognitive disabilities to learn computer science. In this paper, we document our observations of a successful program in which young adults with cognitive disabilities are trained in computing concepts. Through field observations and interviews, we identify instructional strategies used by this group, accessibility challenges encountered by this group, and how instructors and students leverage peer learning to support technical education. Our findings lead to guidelines for developing tools and curricula to support young adults with cognitive disabilities in learning computer science.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1652907 1619384
PAR ID:
10094099
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019)
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 12
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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