Evaluation of tablet apps to encourage social interaction in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3197-3206

  Hourcade, Juan Pablo ^a   Williams, Stacy R ^a   Miller, Ellen A ^a   Huebner, Kelsey E ^a   Liang, Lucas J ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

App; Autism; Social skills; Tablet

Indexed keywords

APP; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL SKILLS; TABLET;

DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84877931266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2466438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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