Extended Reality Guidelines for Supporting Autism Interventions Based on Stakeholders’ Needs

Bauer, Valentin; Bouchara, Tifanie; Bourdot, Patrick

doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05447-9

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“…Interventions for children with HS largely consist in reassuring the child and reinforcing the dyadic child-practitioner relationship, prior to work on other abilities (e.g., social abilities) [6,35]. To that end, mediation sensory-based interventions are common, such as Sensory Integration Therapy [37,3] or Snoezelen [21,30].…”

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“…Practitioners often use digital tools to complement their interventions, as being individualizable, controllable [6,35], and often appealing [22]. They mainly target socio-developmental abilities through various mediums (e.g., tablet, computer, robot).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They mainly target socio-developmental abilities through various mediums (e.g., tablet, computer, robot). Yet, such interventions lack of multisensory capabilities that are needed to work with autistic children with HS [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, they allow to include all autistic children including those with HS [16]. Yet, children with HS are under-represented, as most studies focus on training socio-emotional abilities [25,17,27] which can be too advanced for them [6,9].…”

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“…A previous study revealed that autism stakeholders would prefer to use AR for children with HS, in order to augment their familiar surroundings while still seeing their real practitioner, whereas VR could isolate them [6]. In particular, AR use cases should focus on reassurance and reinforcing the dyadic child-practitioner relationship [6]. Such an AR environment called Magic Bubbles was designed and validated in collaboration with practitioners working on a daily basis with children with HS [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluating the Acceptability and Usability of a Head-Mounted Augmented Reality Approach for Autistic Children with High Support Needs

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) are promising to complement practitioners' interventions with autistic children, but they mainly target the socio-emotional abilities of children with low support needs. For autistic children with high support needs, sensory-based and mediation approaches are advised with AR headsets, to keep contact with their familiar environment and their real practitioner, while VR presents risks of isolation. Yet, the acceptability and usability of AR headsets for these children remains unknown. Thus, this paper investigates the possibility to use AR headsets with Magic Bubbles, a multisensory environment designed for autistic children with high support needs, to reassure them while reinforcing the dyadic relationship with their practitioner. Drawing upon a previous design validation with 11 practitioners, acceptability and usability testings were conducted at a day hospital with 10 children with neurodevelopmental disorders and associated intellectual disability. Findings confirm a positive acceptability and usability for these children, thus validating the possibility to use Magic Bubbles with autistic children with high support needs. At last, future directions regarding the use of AR in clinical settings are outlined.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluating the Acceptability and Usability of a Head-Mounted Augmented Reality Approach for Autistic Children with High Support Needs

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2022

Roadmapping Extended Reality

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How are Autistic People Involved in the Design of Extended Reality Technologies? A Systematic Literature Review

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Glaser,

Francois

et al. 2023

J Autism Dev Disord

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The primary aim of this systematic review is to investigate the inclusion of autistic individuals in the design process of immersive technologies. This study follows the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses standards for systematic literature reviews. To ensure the research questions and subsequent stages of the review incorporate pertinent parameters, the problem, interest, context framework has also been employed. Findings highlight that, while early proponents of immersive technology emphasized the importance of user involvement in design of new technology, immaturity of the technology often limited the implementation of direct user input to the design process. Nonetheless, analysis of the literature published between 2002–2022 identified 20 studies in which substantial influence of autistic individuals and stakeholders was found in the design process of immersive technologies. The roles of autistic individuals varied from active co-designers and co-creators to essential contributors in refining prototypes and providing critical feedback, ensuring the final products align with their needs and preferences. Results underscore the need to align research and design of immersive technologies more closely with the priorities and preferences of autistic individuals. Further is needed regarding actively involving autistic individuals in the design and implementation of immersive technology applications. On this basis, we maintain that more inclusive and effective deployment of immersive technologies is needed in order to ensure that resultant technologies are fit for purpose and address the actual needs of the autistic community.

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Extended Reality Guidelines for Supporting Autism Interventions Based on Stakeholders’ Needs

Cited by 5 publications

References 103 publications

Evaluating the Acceptability and Usability of a Head-Mounted Augmented Reality Approach for Autistic Children with High Support Needs

Evaluating the Acceptability and Usability of a Head-Mounted Augmented Reality Approach for Autistic Children with High Support Needs

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How are Autistic People Involved in the Design of Extended Reality Technologies? A Systematic Literature Review

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