Promotion of creative activity in children with severe autism through visuals in an interactive multisensory environment

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 110-116

  Parés, Narcís ^a   Carreras, Anna ^a   Durany, Jaume ^a   Ferrer, Jaume ^a   Freixa, Pere ^a   Gómez, David ^a   Kruglanski, Orit ^a   Parés, Roc ^a   Ribas, J Ignasi ^a   Soler, Miquel ^a   Sanjurjo, Àlex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autism; CHI; Environments; Interaction driven design; Particles; Real time generated stimuli

Indexed keywords

AUTISTIC CHILDREN; CHI; CREATIVE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; MULTISENSORY; NATURAL INTERACTIONS; NON-INVASIVE TECHNOLOGY; REAL TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; VIBROTACTILE; VISUAL INTERACTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 77952348247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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