A brief review: assistive technology and autism, a proposal for virtual tools for improved communication and emotional recognition
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Newbutt, Nigel and Donegan, Mick (2010) A brief review: assistive technology and autism, a proposal for virtual tools for improved communication and emotional recognition. In: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) 2010 21st International Conference, 31 March 2010, San Diego, CA, United States. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Autism is a condition that affects over one percent of the population, and is a condition that has varying degrees of severity. There currently exist various therapies to help people with autism communicate effectively. As a result some researchers and schools have expanded this provision by creating virtual tools to assist the communication process and allow a greater level of independence and generalization. Therefore, this brief paper aims to present a review of literature surrounding assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication and autism, and
how these fields of knowledge can be better understood to help develop virtual tools – more specifically a virtual world.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aspergers, assistive technology, autism, |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Information Systems & Digital Media School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences |
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| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2011 18:21 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2877 |
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