Authorable virtual peers for children with autism

Andrea Tartaro
2007 CHI '07 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '07  
For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating the use of a new kind of "authorable" virtual peer that allows children with autism to learn about reciprocal social interaction by building their own virtual humans. This work has three stages: (1) Study the verbal and nonverbal reciprocal social interaction behaviors of children with autism; (2) Use the results of the study to design and implement an authorable virtual peer for children with autism; and (3) Evaluate the
more » ... ness of the system in improving reciprocal social interaction behaviors of children with autism.
doi:10.1145/1240866.1240881 dblp:conf/chi/Tartaro07 fatcat:rbpt4sqxpra3hlqll3logwwrxe