Software and technologies designed for people with autism: What do users want?

ASSETS'08: The 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-10

  Putnam, Cynthia ^a   Chong, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Software and technology design; User centered design

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITIVE DISABILITIES; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HARDWARE DESIGNS; ON-LINE SURVEYS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; SOCIAL SKILLS; SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY DESIGN; SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS; TECHNOLOGY USE; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; USER GOALS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 62949167982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1414471.1414475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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