Guidelines for researchers and practitioners designing software and software trials for children with autism

Journal of Assistive Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-48

  Davis, Megan ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Powell, Stuart ^a   Nehaniv, Chrystopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Interactive software; Narrative; Software design; Software design guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993013735     PISSN: 17549450     EISSN: 20428723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jat.2010.0043     Document Type: Review

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