Observation and analysis of behaviour of autistic children using an interactive system

Issue title: Virtual Reality and Disability

Guest editors: Christian Berger-Vachonx, Daniel R. Mestre and Alain Pruskiy

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sehaba, Karim^{; *} | Courboulay, Vincent | Estraillier, Pascal

Affiliations: L3i, Université de La Rochelle, France | [x] University of Lyon, France | [y] Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire d'Informatique, Polytech Tours, France

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Karim Sehaba, Pôle Sciences et Technologie, 17042 La Rochelle Cedex 1, France. Tel.: +33 5 46 45 82 62; Fax: +33 5 46 45 82 42; E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: In this paper we propose a system architecture suited observe and analyze user's behaviours in the scope of educative games. The system concerns the observation of autistic child's and enables us to draw conclusions related to her/his behaviour and provide in real time, in personalized way, adequate activities, by taking into account the expert's directives. Our proposition is based on the optimization of the extraction of information from heterogeneous data depending on the context. We have applied our approach to a software environment realized for children with autism according to the needs of a psychiatric team.

Keywords: Interactive system, architecture, educative games, analysis of behaviour, Autism

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2006-18404

Journal: Technology and Disability, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 181-188, 2006