Identify the capabilities of a person with reduced mobility is fundamental to understand what kind of technological design solution could support labor activities. Likewise, the person must involve in the process to guarantee that the solution complies with his/her expectations. In this way, this work in progress presents a codesign approach to identify the variables, and these allow understanding of how to enhance or amplify the professional skills for people with reduced mobility. The proposed approach is an adaptation of the probing process, which involves the participant through self-report in the experience activity by think-aloud technique. Moreover, the observation method was recorded activity in three viewpoints. The initial research is composed of five stages, 1) Tuning In, 2) Probing, 3) First interpretations, 4) Deepenings, and 5) Interpretation and Ideation. This work shows the results of stages 1, 2, 3 for a case of study that involves a student of last year of engineering with a traumatic spinal cord. In a broader perspective, the multidisciplinary design team reviews the data of probing, through an individual and group meeting to consensus ideas from different professional perspectives. In conclusion, the paper identified the initial core categories that establish features to consider to next stages.
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Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility