An evolution of virtual reality training designs for children with autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-241

  Strickland, Dorothy C ^a,e   McAllister, David ^b   Coles, Claire D ^c,d   Osborne, Susan ^b  

^a Do2Learn   (United States)

^b Departments of Computer Science

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Fetal alcohol; Fire safety; Street crossing; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548458920     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TLD.0000285357.95426.72     Document Type: Article

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