151 Embodiment technology

Designing technologies to convey embodied experiences of Parkinson’s Disease

Intervention area

Mobility

Start date

September 1, 2022

End date

September 1, 2023

Our participatory research project will bring together people living with Parkinson’s disease, healthcare providers, artists and engineers to develop immersive technologies that can translate the embodied experience of disability. Our goal is to co-create experience prototypes to directly convey aspects of what it’s like to live with Parkinson’s, in order to increase empathy, improve understanding and provide better treatment for this condition.

Lead applicant

Stefanie Blain-Moraes

Université McGill

Physical and Occupational Therapy

3 INTER mandates

Team

Claudine Auger

Université de Montréal

Réadaptation

5 INTER mandates

Dahlia Kairy

Université de Montréal

Réadaptation

12 INTER mandates