Somability: An interactive art experience for improving self-confidence and physical fitness for people with Physical and Intellectual Disabilities

This was an invited workshop at a prestigious international conference. I was featured in the programme as an international speaker and guest of honour at one of the conference dinners. My workshop was highly original in that it brought people with disabilities, practitioners, policy makers and researchers together to use technology to develop creative movement activities on an equal basis. Included in the workshop, were printed resources for using the Somability software and recommended hardware, video demonstrations of use in day care settings, guidelines for designing a practical session and a bespoke tool for the evaluation of user experience. Feedback from delegates supported the originality and significance of the Somability project in encouraging creative, aerobic and therapeutic activity for people with disabilities and those who support them.