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Graphics based systems of Augmented and Alternative Communication are widely used to promote communication in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This study discusses an integration of Augmented Reality in communication interventions, by relating elements of Augmented and Alternative Communication and Applied Behaviour Analysis strategies. An architecture for an Augmented Reality based interactive system to assist interventions is proposed. STAR provides an Augmented Reality tool to assist interventions performed by therapists and support for parents to join in and participate in the child’s intervention. Finally we report on the usage of the Augmented Reality tool in interventions with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Work partially funded by National Funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) within project UID/CEC/00319/2013 and by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq-Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) within program Ciência sem Fronteiras (Science without Frontiers), grant 225248/2012-3.
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da Silva, C.A., Fernandes, A.R., Grohmann, A.P. (2015). STAR: Speech Therapy with Augmented Reality for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Cordeiro, J., Hammoudi, S., Maciaszek, L., Camp, O., Filipe, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2014. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22348-3_21
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