Building autonomous social partners for autistic children

Authors:
Sara Bernardini;Kaska Porayska-Pomsta;Tim J. Smith;Katerina Avramides
Affiliations:
London Knowledge Lab., Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom;London Knowledge Lab., Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom;Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom;London Knowledge Lab., Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Venue:
IVA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Year:
2012

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Abstract

We present the design and implementation of an autonomous virtual agent that acts as a credible social partner for children with Autism Spectrum Conditions and supports them in acquiring social communication skills. The agent's design is based on principles of best autism practice and input from users. Initial experimental results on the efficacy of the agent show encouraging tendencies for a number of children.