Interactive Technologies for Autistic Children: A Review

Boucenna, Sofiane; Narzisi, Antonio; Tilmont, Elodie; Muratori, Filippo; Pioggia, Giovanni; Cohen, David; Chétouani, Mohamed

doi:10.1007/s12559-014-9276-x

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“…In the past decade, the development of SGs for children with ASD has gradually increased [5]. A large number of studies have demonstrated significant improvements in the social interaction, communication and conversation skills of children with ASD after playing SGs [6][7][8][9].…”

Section: Purpose Of Serious Games For Children With Asdmentioning

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Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

Zakari

Poyade

Simmons

2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Serious games (SG) are part of a range of technologies that can be used for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Typically, these games target communication skills, social interaction and speech. There are, however, few SGs for autistic children which have the aim of helping to moderate sensory hypersensitivity. This paper presents an SG which aims to target this area. A set of critical sounds was heuristically determined, and implemented in an interactive SG for reducing auditory hypersensitivity (i.e. over-sensitivity to environmental sounds) in children with ASD. The game, Sinbad and the Magic Cure, is designed for Android devices, and is intended for children aged 8-11.

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confidence: 99%

Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

Zakari

Poyade

Simmons

2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Recently many therapists and specialists have opted for the integration of ICT in social skill training for autistic people to facilitate the delivery of training programmes [5]. On the one hand, these early studies in a wellcontrolled environment have been considered as a safe and enjoyable experience.…”

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“…User friendly and cost-effective therapeutic programs for autism can improve overall quality of life while reducing these costs. Recently, considerable advances have been achieved in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) such as multimedia, collaborative interactive environments, virtual reality, avatars, and robots in social skill training, especially for autistic children [5]. These technologies have demonstrated useful in training skills of emotion recognition from facial expressions and body languages, however, there exists insufficient evidence about whether the use of these technologies can improve face-to-face social interaction in naturalistic situations [15].…”

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Wearable Assistive Technologies for Autism: Opportunities and Challenges

Benssassi

Gómez

Boyd

et al. 2018

IEEE Pervasive Comput.

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Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how people perceive the world and interact with others. Challenges with typical social engagement, common in the autism experience, can have a significant negative impact on the quality of life of individuals and families living with autism. Recent advances in sensing, intelligent, and interactive technologies can enable new forms of assistive and augmentative technologies to support social interactions. However, researchers have not yet demonstrated effectiveness of these technologies in long-term real-world use. This paper presents an overview of social and sensory challenges of autism, which offer great opportunities and challenges for the design and development of assistive technologies. We review the existing work on developing wearable technologies for autism particularly to assist social interactions, analyse their potential and limitations, and discuss future research directions.

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“…Onto these vehicles grafted real-life faces of actors showing emotions, and contextualized them in entertaining social interactions between the toy vehicles. The aim was to explore whether creating an autism-friendly context of predictable mechanical motion could introduce facial expressions of emotion that could then be learned more easily than is possible in the real world [6], [7]. Blocher et al, (2002) presented an interactive computer system 'Affective Social Quest' aimed at helping autistic children learn how to recognize emotional expressions.…”

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ICTs for Assessment and Intervention on Cultivation of Empathy

Drigas

Papoutsi

2015

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Abstract-Empathy can be de!ned as the ability to perceive and understand others' emotional states. Neuropsychological evidence has shown that humans empathize with each other to different degrees depending on factors such as their mood, personality, and social relationships. ICTs with the features that offered are a very important tool for the detection, the development and the cultivation of empathy in children and adults in various fields and in different ways.

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Interactive Technologies for Autistic Children: A Review

Cited by 242 publications

References 122 publications

Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

Wearable Assistive Technologies for Autism: Opportunities and Challenges

ICTs for Assessment and Intervention on Cultivation of Empathy

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