Attention Analysis in Interactive Software for Children with Autism
By Mohamed, A. Ould; Sehaba, K.; Courboulay, V.; Menard, M.; ASSETS 2006 - The Eighth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility,Publication Date: 2006
Article describes a computer-based system that helps children with autism to focus their attention on a specific task. Each task is fit to each child, reproducible, and adaptable. The system provides the child with personalized activities in the form of educational games, taking into account age, ability, and degree of autism. In order to focus a child’s attention on the relevant object, the system displays or plays specific stimulus; symbol or sound represents an emotional and satisfaction value for the child. The system collects the child’s reactions to such stimulus in order to understand his behavior and responds in real time to the child’s reactions using adequate actions that consider the expert’s directives and the child’s profile.
Published by: Association for Computing Machinery (Website:http://www.acm.org)
SIGACCESS (ACM Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing) (Web Site: http://www.sigaccess.org )
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This publication is included in the library of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC), accession number O17043
