Digital Strategies for Supporting Strengths- and Interests-based Learning with Children with Autism
Cara Wilson, Margot Brereton, Bernd Ploderer, Laurianne Sitbon, Beth Saggers · 2017 · Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)
This paper investigates how an open-ended audio-visual calendaring app called MeCalendar was appropriated by children with autism and their teachers in classroom settings, shifting the focus from deficit-remediation to strengths- and interests-based learning. Most technologies…
autism · educational technology · children · strengths-based approach · self-determination