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A Mobile Application to Dynamically Design Activities to Promote Personal Autonomy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Usability Evaluation

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Social Computing and Social Media (HCII 2023)

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication, the presence of restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and difficulty performing activities autonomously. Regarding children, personal autonomy is affected by having difficulties in carrying out activities appropriate to their age. ASD specialists use various activities during interactions with children with ASD to promote and encourage autonomy. Currently, there are different assistive technologies to support the development of autonomy in Spanish-speaking children with ASD. However, these proposals present a series of difficulties. In this paper, we propose a user-friendly mobile application that provides a set of activities designed by ASD specialists to foster the personal autonomy of Spanish-speaking children with ASD. Also, our proposal allows ASD specialists to dynamically create and adapt activities according to the specific characteristics and needs of children with ASD. Different evaluations were carried out with ASD specialists, children with ASD and their caregivers/relatives to study the usability of the proposal. User experiences indicate positive and acceptable evaluations in terms of usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning and satisfaction.

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  1. The Stella Way, 17 Enford Street, Hillcrest, QLD, Australia

    Katrina Sorbello

  2. Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación y Tecnologías de la Información, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillan, Chile

    Luis A. Rojas & José Salas

  3. Uground Gobal I+D+i, Madrid, Spain

    Enrique Chavarriaga

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Sorbello, K., Rojas, L.A., Salas, J., Chavarriaga, E. (2023). A Mobile Application to Dynamically Design Activities to Promote Personal Autonomy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Usability Evaluation. In: Coman, A., Vasilache, S. (eds) Social Computing and Social Media. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35927-9_19

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