The use of social robots with children and young people on the autism spectrum: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Kouroupa, KR Laws, K Irvine, SE Mengoni, A Baird… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Robot-mediated interventions show promise in supporting the development of
children on the autism spectrum. Objectives In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we …

The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism

C Lord, T Charman, A Havdahl, P Carbone… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Affecting about 78 million people worldwide, autism is a condition of
global importance because of its prevalence and the degree to which it can affect individuals …

[HTML][HTML] Have information and communication technologies research for neurodevelopmental disorders improved overtime? A systematic meta-review

C Bettencourt, S Anzalone, M Chetouani… - Research in Autism …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The significant increase of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) use
for individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) has created an urgent need to …

A pilot randomised control trial of digitally-mediated social stories for children on the autism spectrum

R Hanrahan, E Smith, H Johnson, A Constantin… - Journal of autism and …, 2020 - Springer
Social stories is a widely used intervention for children on the autism spectrum, particularly
within an educational context. To date, systematic reviews and meta analyses of the …

Autism and socially interactive agents

J Nadel, O Grynszpan, JC Martin - … Agents: 20 years of Research on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Socially Interactive Agents (SIA) display verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviors that
can be controlled while offering a wide range of possible degrees of realism. They induce …

Bringing the autistic lifeworld to supportive technology design: an enactive approach

JC van Huizen, J van Dijk, WG Staal, MC van der Voort - CoDesign, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Supportive technologies for autistic individuals are promising in principle, yet their uptake
remains limited. Critics argue that in current designs of supportive technologies, autism is …

Multisite usability and safety trial of an immersive virtual reality implementation of a work organization system for autistic learners: implications for technology design

G Herrera, L Vera, P Pérez-Fuster… - … technology research and …, 2024 - Springer
The increased availability of low-cost, standalone and immersive virtual reality (VR) can
facilitate adoption in autism education. An immersive VR implementation of the individual …

Digitally-mediated social stories support children on the autism spectrum adapting to a change in a 'real-world'context

E Smith, A Constantin, H Johnson… - Journal of Autism and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Social Stories™(SS) is a widely used intervention for children on the autism
spectrum. A preliminary survey of 103 practitioners highlighted that SS are often used to …

The impact of using digitally-mediated social stories on the perceived competence and attitudes of parents and practitioners supporting children with autism

LJ Camilleri, K Maras, M Brosnan - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
A Social Story (SS) is a highly acceptable and widely used intervention by the autism
community. Yet, inconsistent implementation of the intervention is reported to be one of the …

Adapting drug and alcohol therapies for autistic adults

M Brosnan, S Adams - Autism in Adulthood, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Autistic people may be at a higher risk of drug and alcohol misuse than the
general population. Autistic people, however, are under-represented within drug and …