Industrial Design Engineering

Bachelor Assignment

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Wetselaar, B.M. (Belle)

Empowering a young autistic adult by using goal-based design thinking

At: Design Your Life research team

Design Your Life is a research project that strives to guide young autistic adults in finding an assistive technology that empowers them during their daily life. The YAA are provided with a toolkit, that could include exercises or methods, that help them to achieve their goal. The toolkit makes use of design thinking to achieve this goal. It is found that a goal-based approach has particular value in a DYL - toolkit.

Exam date: 08-07-2021