MOSOCO: A mobile assistive tool to support children with autism practicing social skills in real-life situations

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2589-2598

  Escobedo, Lizbeth ^a   Nguyen, David H ^b   Boyd, Lou Anne ^c   Hirano, Sen H ^d   Rangel, Alejandro ^a   García Rosas, Daniel ^a   Tentori, Monica ^a   Hayes, Gillian R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Special Education   (United States)

^d 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Augmented reality; Autism; Child computer interaction; Mobile applications; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUTISM; CHILD-COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SOCIAL SKILLS;

AUGMENTED REALITY; CURRICULA; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DISEASES;

EID: 84862092372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2207676.2208649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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