DocumentCode
2031006
Title
Personal assistive device for adults with autism spectrum disorders
Author
Robertson, Scott M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
343
Lastpage
344
Abstract
In this paper, the author discusses designing a wearable PDA called PAD for high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorders. PAD will enable adults with autism to compensate for many of their difficulties in the areas of social interaction, communication, sensory processing, and higher-order cognition.
Keywords
handicapped aids; mobile computing; notebook computers; psychology; wearable computers; autism spectrum disorder; handheld computer; high-functioning adults; higher-order cognition; personal assistive device; sensory processing; social communication; social interaction; wearable PDA; Autism; PDA; assistive device; autism; handhelds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2005 IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2443-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VLHCC.2005.53
Filename
1509539
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