Social Access and Representation for Autistic Adult Livestreamers

Mok, T., Tang, A., McCrimmon, A., and Oehlberg, L. (2022). Social Access and Representation for Autistic Adult Livestreamers. In ASSETS '22: The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.

Abstract

We interviewed 10 autistic livestreamers to understand their moti- vations for livestreaming on Twitch. Our participants explained that streaming helped them fulfll social desires by: supporting them in making meaningful social connections with others; giving them a safe space to practice social skills like “small talk”; and empowering them to be autistic role models and to share their true selves. This work ofers an early report on how autistic individuals leverage livestreaming as a benefcial social platform while struggling with audience expectations.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2022-assets2022poster-mok-livestreamers.pdf)
Video (http://hcitang.org/papers/2022-assets2022poster-mok-livestreamers.mp4)
DOI (https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550400)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{mok2022livestreamers,
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550400},
  type = {poster},
  year = {2022},
  videourl = { http://hcitang.org/papers/2022-assets2022poster-mok-livestreamers.mp4},
  pdfurl = { http://hcitang.org/papers/2022-assets2022poster-mok-livestreamers.pdf},
  editor = {},
  booktitle = {ASSETS '22: The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},
  abstract = {We interviewed 10 autistic livestreamers to understand their moti- vations for livestreaming on Twitch. Our participants explained that streaming helped them fulfll social desires by: supporting them in making meaningful social connections with others; giving them a safe space to practice social skills like “small talk”; and empowering them to be autistic role models and to share their true selves. This work ofers an early report on how autistic individuals leverage livestreaming as a benefcial social platform while struggling with audience expectations.},
  title = { Social Access and Representation for Autistic Adult Livestreamers },
  author = {Mok, Terrance and Tang, Anthony and McCrimmon, Adam and Oehlberg, Lora},
}