Innovative technologies for autism: Critical reflections on digital bubbles

Journal of Assistive Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-121

  Parsons, Sarah ^a   Yuill, Nicola ^b   Brosnan, Mark ^c   Good, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Collaboration; Communication; Evidence base; Media concerns; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930710008     PISSN: 17549450     EISSN: 20428723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JAT-03-2015-0005     Document Type: Article

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