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MOSOCO: a mobile assistive tool to support children with autism practicing social skills in real-life situations

Authors:

Lizbeth Escobedo,

David H. Nguyen,

Alejandro Rangel,

Daniel Garcia-Rosas,

Monica Tentori, and

Gillian HayesAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '12: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2012

Pages 2589 - 2598

https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208649

Published: 05 May 2012 Publication History

Abstract

MOSOCO is a mobile assistive application that uses augmented reality and the visual supports of a validated curriculum, the Social Compass, to help children with autism practice social skills in real-life situations. In this paper, we present the results of a seven-week deployment study of MOSOCO in a public school in Southern California with both students with autism and neurotypical students. The results of our study demonstrate that MOSOCO facilitates practicing and learning social skills, increases both quantity and quality of social interactions, reduces social and behavioral missteps, and enables the integration of children with autism in social groups of neurotypical children. The findings from this study reveal emergent practices of the uses of mobile assistive technologies in real-life situations.

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