TY - GEN
T1 - Exploration of videochat for children with autism
AU - Mokashi, Sanika
AU - Yarosh, Svetlana
AU - Abowd, Gregory D.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Autism is characterized by language delays and difficulties in social interactions. Remote synchronous communication technologies may provide children with autism with new opportunities to practice social interaction when in-person interaction may not be possible. We conducted an empirical investigation, asking children with autism to interact with a teacher using two different vide-ochat prototypes. We found that the teachers were able to engage the children in social interactions using videochat, using certain techniques to draw the children away from distractions or fixations. We describe the effective strategies used by the teachers and discuss opportunities and challenges in using a traditional videoconferencing layout compared to an alternative side-by-side layout.
AB - Autism is characterized by language delays and difficulties in social interactions. Remote synchronous communication technologies may provide children with autism with new opportunities to practice social interaction when in-person interaction may not be possible. We conducted an empirical investigation, asking children with autism to interact with a teacher using two different vide-ochat prototypes. We found that the teachers were able to engage the children in social interactions using videochat, using certain techniques to draw the children away from distractions or fixations. We describe the effective strategies used by the teachers and discuss opportunities and challenges in using a traditional videoconferencing layout compared to an alternative side-by-side layout.
KW - Human factors
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U2 - 10.1145/2485760.2485839
DO - 10.1145/2485760.2485839
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880566001
SN - 9781450319188
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 320
EP - 323
BT - Proceedings of IDC 2013 - The 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
T2 - 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2013
Y2 - 24 June 2013 through 27 June 2013
ER -