title: Virtual Sculpting and 3D Printing for Young People with Disabilities.
abstract: The SHIVA project was designed to provide virtual sculpting tools for young people with complex disabilities, allowing them to engage with artistic and creative activities that they might otherwise never be able to access. Their creations are then physically built using 3D printing. To achieve this, the authors built a generic, accessible GUI and a suitable geometric modeling system and used these to produce two prototype modeling exercises. These tools were deployed in a school for students with complex disabilities and are now being used for a variety of educational and developmental purposes. This article presents the project's motivations, approach, and implementation details together with initial results, including 3D printed objects designed by young people with disabilities.
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mcloughlin
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fryazinov
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Adzhiev
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comninos
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasko
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D014584:User-Computer Interface