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Facilitating other-awareness in low-functioning children with autism and typically-developing preschoolers using dual-control technology
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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:16 authored by Samantha HoltSamantha Holt, Nicola YuillNicola YuillChildren with autism are said to lack other-awareness, which restricts their opportunities for peer collaboration. We assessed other-awareness in non-verbal children with autism and typically-developing preschoolers collaborating on a shared computerised picture-sorting task. The studies compared a novel interface, designed to support other-awareness, with a standard interface, with adult and peer partners. The autism group showed no active other-awareness using the standard interface, but revealed clear active other-awareness using the supportive interface. Both groups displayed more other-awareness with the technology than without and also when collaborating with a peer than with an adult partner. We argue that children with autism possess latent abilities to coordinate social interaction that only become evident with appropriate support.
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Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersISSN
0162-3257Publisher
Springer-VerlagExternal DOI
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1Volume
44Page range
236-248Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2013-06-20Usage metrics
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