Assistive technology for children with autism - Lessons for interaction design

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 325-333

  Sampath, Harini ^a   Agarwal, Ravi ^a   Indurkhya, Bipin ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Autism; Natural user interfaces; User centered design

Indexed keywords

TEACHING; USER INTERFACES;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUTISM; CHILDREN WITH AUTISMS; COGNITIVE PROFILES; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; INTERACTION DESIGN; NATURAL USER INTERFACES; USER CENTERED DESIGNS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84899866860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2525194.2525300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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