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Walking in another's shoes: aphasia emulation software

Published: 25 October 2010 Publication History

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The impact of living in a world that does not understand your impairment can be frustrating and a daunting task. Consider how an individual would feel if their family, friends, or doctors did not understand or were not even empathetic to daily struggles brought on by an acquired language disorder such as Aphasia. This work seeks to shed new light on aphasia by creating an instant message client which emulates the effects of aphasia. The goal of this new system is to raise awareness, teach, and increase empathy for caregivers, family members, and doctors/therapists who work with this population on a daily basis.

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ASSETS '10: Proceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
October 2010
346 pages
ISBN:9781605588810
DOI:10.1145/1878803

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Published: 25 October 2010

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  1. aphasia
  2. empathy
  3. emulation

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  • (2019)Developing Accessible ServicesProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290605.3300446(1-12)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
  • (2015)Teaching and Developing Social and Emotional Skills with TechnologyACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/274419522:4(1-34)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2015

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