Abstract
“Autism” is a syndrome that, according to the latest surveys, affects 1 child out of 100 and is the most characteristic group of pervasive developmental disorders. This work describes the experience gained through the “ASTRO” Project to develop a product able to support, by the means of new technologies, pre-school and school-aged children affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders and that can serve as a proper tool to be used during educational and rehabilitation activities. The goal was pursued by an ICT platform, endowed with a robotic platform, aimed at facilitating treatment of autistic children by ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) methodology.
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The authors thank Prof. Stefania Pinnelli from University of Salento and Dr. Giovanna Avellis from Innovapuglia SpA for the essential contribution to this paper. This work has been funded by Apulia Region, under Regional Operational Programme ERDF 2007–2013 Action 1.4.2 supporting the growth and the development of SMEs specialized in the delivery of digital contents and services.
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Pistoia, M., Pistoia, M., Casacci, P. (2017). ASTRO: Autism Support Therapy by RObot Interaction. In: Cavallo, F., Marletta, V., Monteriù, A., Siciliano, P. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. ForItAAL 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 426. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54283-6_23
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