A first step towards an ecosystem meta-model for humancentered design in case of disabled users

The involvement of the ecosystem or social environment of the disabled user is considered as very useful and even essential for the human-centered design of assistive technologies. In the era of model-based approaches, the modeling of the ecosystem is therefore to be considered. The first version of a metamodel of ecosystem is proposed. It is illustrated through a first case study. It concerns a project aiming at a communication aid for people with cerebral palsy. A conclusion and research perspectives end this paper.