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Co-designing tablet computer applications with Sri Lankan practitioners to support children with ASD

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Amani Indunil Soysa,

Abdullah Al Mahmud,

Blair KuysAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '18: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 413 - 419

https://doi.org/10.1145/3202185.3202764

Published: 19 June 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have impairments in social interactions with peers. Digital technology, in the form of computerized applications, can be used as a remedy for this, even though there is a paucity of such applications in low-resource regions like Sri Lanka. Therefore, we conducted co-design workshops to develop tablet applications to improve social interactions of children with ASD in Sri Lanka. 18 experienced practitioners who work closely with children with ASD in Sri Lanka participated in the workshops and co-designed two prototypes called Picture to Object Matching Application (POMA) and Word to Picture Matching Application (WPMA). We present the design process along with the insights gained from the workshops, which we believe are valuable for designing software applications for children with ASD in Sri Lanka.

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DOI:10.1145/3202185

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