Collaborative puzzle game: a tabletop interface for fostering collaborative skills in children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Assistive Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-13

  Battocchi, Alberto ^a   Ben Sasson, Ayelet ^a   Esposito, Gianluca ^b   Gal, Eynat ^a   Pianesi, Fabio ^c   Tomasini, Daniel ^c   Venuti, Paola ^b   Weiss, Patrice ^a   Zancanaro, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c Intelligent Interfaces and Interaction Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Collaboration; Social skills; Tabletop interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944127     PISSN: 17549450     EISSN: 20428723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jat.2010.0040     Document Type: Review

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