Research Publications

van Huizen, N., Staal, W., van der Voort, M., and van Dijk, J. (2024) Empathy From Within: User-Enacted Design With Autistic Young Adults, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1002

van Huizen, J. C., van Dijk, J., Staal, W. G., & van der Voort, M. C. (2023). Bringing the autistic lifeworld to supportive technology design: an enactive approach. CoDesign, 20(2), 243–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2023.2295952

van Huizen, J.C., van Dijk J., Waardenburg, T., Staal, W. and van der Voort M. (2023) Design Your Own Supportive Lifeworld: An Enactive Approach. Poster presented at INSAR 2023, May 3-6, Stockholm, Sweden.

Waardenburg, T. van Huizen, J.C. Magnee, M. van Dijk, J., Teunisse J.P. and van der Voort, M.C. (2023). One-Size-Fits-One: Empowering Caregivers of Autistic Young Adults to Design Everyday Solutions. Poster presented at INSAR 2023, May 3-6, Stockholm, Sweden.

van Huizen, J. C., Waardenburg, T. S., van Dijk, J., Staal, W. & van der Voort, M. C., 2022. Design your life: A toolkit that helps young autistic adults create their own supportive technologies.Supporting Health by Technology 2022. Groningen.

Waardenburg, T. S., van Huizen, J. C., Magnée, M., van Dijk, J., Teunisse, J-P. & van der Voort, M. C. (2022). Meer autonomie door je eigen technologische omgeving te ontwerpen: Resultaten van tien casestudies. Nationaal Autisme Congres. (Online). 18 Mar 2022.

Waardenburg, T., van Huizen, N., van Dijk, J., Dortmans, K., Magnée, M., Staal, W., … & van der Voort, M. (2022). Design your life: user-initiated design of technology to empower autistic young adults. Journal of Enabling Technologies, (ahead-of-print). https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JET-11-2021-0064/full/html Awarded with the Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award 2023 (https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jet/journal-enabling-technologies-literati-award-winners-2023)


van Huizen, N., Waardenburg, T., Overdevest, N., van Dijk, J., Staal, W., & van der Voort, M. (2022). Towards a toolkit to empower young autistic adults: Using grounded theory to analyze ten design case studies. DRS2022: Bilbao25. https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2022/researchpapers/126/


Waardenburg, T., van Huizen, N., van Dijk, J., Magnée, M., Staal, W., Teunisse, J.-P., & van der Voort, M. (2021). Design Your Life: User-Initiated Design of Technology to Support Independent Living of Young Autistic Adults. In M. M. Soares, E. Rosenzweig, & A. Marcus (Eds.), Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Diversity, Well-being, and Social Development (Vol. 12780, pp. 373–386). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78224-5_26. Awarded the Best Paper Award of the 10th International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability (http://2021.hci.international/duxu-best-paper-award.html)


Waardenburg, T. S. (Accepted/In press). Design Your Life: Co-designing maatwerktechnologie voor jongvolwassenen met autisme. Poster session presented at 20ste Nationaal Autisme Congres, . – via https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/design-your-life-co-designing-tailor-made-technology-for-young-ad


Magnée, M., Dijk, J. V., Teunisse, J-P., & van der Voort, M. (2019). Design Your Life. Poster session presented at 12th Autism-Europe International Congress 2019, Nice, France. – via https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/design-your-life-2


Magnée, M., van Dijk, J., Teunisse, J.-P., & van der Voort, M. (2019). Design Your Life. Vakblad Sociaal Werk, 20(5), 16–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12459-019-0064-2