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Didactic Software for Autistic Children

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Advances in New Technologies, Interactive Interfaces, and Communicability (ADNTIIC 2010)

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In this paper we describe the aims and requirements of a project devoted to designing and developing Open Source didactic Software (SW) for children in the autism disorder spectrum, conforming to the Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) learning technique. In this context, participatory design with therapists and child’s parents is necessary to ensure a usable product that responds to these children’s special needs and respects education principles and constraints of the ABA methodology.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. LASA (Lucca Associazione Sindromi Autistiche), Lucca (LU), Italy

    Silvia Artoni

  2. CNR-IIT, via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Maria Claudia Buzzi & Marina Buzzi

  3. ASA (Associazione Sindromi Autistiche), Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

    Claudia Fenili

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. HCI Lab., Via Pascoli, S.15, CP 7, 24121, Bergamo, Italy

    Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra

  2. EATCO Research Group, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales, 14071, Cordoba, Spain

    Carlos de Castro Lozano

  3. Department of Drawing, Desing and Aesthetic, Fine Arts College, University of La Laguna, Camino del Hierro, 4, 38009, La Laguna, Spain

    Mauricio Pérez Jiménez

  4. Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond st, G1 1XH, Glasgow, UK

    Emma Nicol

  5. Interactive Media Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, 900 West 34 Street, SCA 201, 90089-2211, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andreas Kratky

  6. HCI Lab., Via Pascoli, S. 15, CP 7, 24121, Bergamo, Italy

    Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra

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Artoni, S., Buzzi, M.C., Buzzi, M., Fenili, C. (2011). Didactic Software for Autistic Children. In: Cipolla Ficarra, F.V., de Castro Lozano, C., Pérez Jiménez, M., Nicol, E., Kratky, A., Cipolla-Ficarra, M. (eds) Advances in New Technologies, Interactive Interfaces, and Communicability. ADNTIIC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20810-2_8

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