Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Accessing Peer Social Interaction: Using Authorable Virtual Peer Technology as a Component of a Group Social Skills Intervention Program

  Andrea Tartaro, Justine Cassell, Courtney Ratz, Jennifer Lira, Valeria Nanclares-Nogués (2014) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This paper evaluates the Authorable Virtual Peer (AVP), a life-sized animated character technology designed to support social skills development in children with autism spectrum disorders. The AVP differs from other virtual agent approaches by offeri…

  • autism
  • social skills
  • virtual peer
  • social communication
  • assistive technology
  • constructionism
  • reciprocity
  • children