Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with DisabilitiesVideoProject PublicationsThe Role of Technology in Enhancing Play for Children with Disabilities: Perspectives from ParentsDabiri Golchin, M., Ripat, J., & Young, J. (2026, Feb 9–12). The Role of Technology in Enhancing Play for Children with Disabilities: Perspectives from Parents, Children, and Experts Using the Dice Model of Play, the 19th WFOT Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.Understanding Family Needs: Informing Social Robot Design to Support Children with DisabilitiesRaquel Thiessen, Denise Y. Geiskkovitch, Minoo Dabiri, James M Berzuk, Nathan Lo, Daisuke Sakamoto, Jacquie Ripat, and James Everett Young. 2024. Understanding Family Needs: Informing Social Robot Design to Support Children with Disabilities to Engage in Play. In International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI ’24), November 24–27, 2024, Swansea, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3687272.3688301Understanding Family Needs: Informing the Design of Social Robots for Children with DisabilitiesRaquel Reann Thiessen. Understanding Family Needs: Informing the Design of Social Robots for Children with Disabilities to Support Play. MSc Thesis (2023). University of Manitoba, Canada.Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Disabilities: Learning Perceived RequirementsRaquel Thiessen, Minoo Dabiri, Denise Y. Geiskkovitch, Jacquie Ripat, and James Everett Young. 2023. Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Disabilities: Learning Perceived Requirements and Barriers from Family Units. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 625–628. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580161Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Physical Disabilities: Learning from Family UnitsRaquel Thiessen. 2023. Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Physical Disabilities: Learning from Family Units. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 784–786. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579985CollaboratorsRaquel ThiessenPhD StudentDenise GeiskkovitchAlumniMinoo DabiriPostdoctoral FellowJames M. BerzukPhD StudentJames E.YoungProfessorAs well as: Nathan Lo, Daisuke Sakamoto and Jacquie Ripat
Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with DisabilitiesVideoProject PublicationsThe Role of Technology in Enhancing Play for Children with Disabilities: Perspectives from ParentsDabiri Golchin, M., Ripat, J., & Young, J. (2026, Feb 9–12). The Role of Technology in Enhancing Play for Children with Disabilities: Perspectives from Parents, Children, and Experts Using the Dice Model of Play, the 19th WFOT Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.Understanding Family Needs: Informing Social Robot Design to Support Children with DisabilitiesRaquel Thiessen, Denise Y. Geiskkovitch, Minoo Da
Raquel Thiessen, Minoo Dabiri, Denise Y. Geiskkovitch, Jacquie Ripat, and James Everett Young. 2023. Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Disabilities: Learning Perceived Requirements and Barriers from Family Units. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 625–628. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580161
Raquel Thiessen. 2023. Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Physical Disabilities: Learning from Family Units. In Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 784–786. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3579985
Raquel Reann Thiessen. Understanding Family Needs: Informing the Design of Social Robots for Children with Disabilities to Support Play. MSc Thesis (2023). University of Manitoba, Canada.
