Designing and evaluating touchless playful interaction for ASD children

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 17-26

  Bartoli, Laura ^a   Garzotto, Franca ^b   Gelsomini, Mirko ^b   Oliveto, Luigi ^b   Valoriani, Matteo ^b  

^a Associazione Astrolabio (Firenze)   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autistic children; Learning; Motion based touchless interaction; Therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; AUTISTIC CHILDREN; DESIGN ISSUES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LEARNING; PLAYFUL INTERACTIONS; THERAPY; TOUCHLESS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84903766568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2593968.2593976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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