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Designing and evaluating touchless playful interaction for ASD children

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Franca Garzotto,

Mirko Gelsomini,

Matteo ValorianiAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 17 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1145/2593968.2593976

Published: 17 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Limited studies exist that explore motionbased touchless applications for children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and investigate their design issues and the benefits they can bring to this target group. The paper reports a structured set of design guidelines that distill our experience gained from empirical studies and collaborations with therapeutic centers. These heuristics informed the design of three touchless games that were evaluated in a controlled study involving medium functioning ASD children at a therapeutic center. Our findings confirm the potential of motionbased touchless applications games for technologyenhanced interventions for this target group.

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Designing and evaluating touchless playful interaction for ASD children
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
    2. Interaction paradigms

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IDC '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Interaction design and children

June 2014

378 pages

ISBN:9781450322720

DOI:10.1145/2593968

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Bo Stjerne Thomsen
The LEGO Foundation, DK
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University of Southern Denmark, DK
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Aarhus University, DK
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Panos Markopoulos
Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
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Franca Garzotto
Politecnico Di Milano, IT
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Christian Dindler
Aarhus University, DK

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