Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become one of the most prevalent mental disorders over the last few years and its prevalence is still growing. The disorder is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms such as lack of social behavior, extreme withdrawal, and problems communicating. Because of the diversity in symptoms and the wide variety in severity for those, each autistic child has different needs and requires individualized therapy. This leads to long waiting lists for therapy

Charlop, Marjorie H.

Chuang, Serena, \u2705

Huang, John, \u2705

Leroy, Gondy A.

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Non-verbal Communication with Autistic
Children Using Digital Libraries
Gondy A. Leroy
Claremont Graduate University
John Huang '05
Claremont Graduate University
Serena Chuang '05
Claremont Graduate University
Marjorie H. Charlop
Claremont McKenna College
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IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin, Online.
   
  
TCDL Bulletin 
Current 2005 
Volume 2   Issue 1 
  
Non-Verbal Communication with Autistic Children using 
Digital Libraries 
Gondy Leroy1, John Huang1, Serena Chuang1, Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy2 
1School of Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University 
2Department of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College 
Claremont, California, USA 
{gondy.leroy, serena.chuang, john.huang}@cgu.edu 
majorie.charlop-christy@claremontmckenna.edu 
  
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become one of the most prevalent mental disorders over 
the last few years and its prevalence is still growing. The disorder is characterized by a wide 
variety of symptoms such as lack of social behavior, extreme withdrawal, and problems 
communicating. Because of the diversity in symptoms and the wide variety in severity for those, 
each autistic child has different needs and requires individualized therapy. This leads to long 
waiting lists for therapy.  
By using information technology (IT), therapy can be provided to more children sooner. In the 
Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL), we use IT to augment behavioral therapy to improve 
communication skills. We are developing a digital library (DL) that helps young, non-verbal 
autistic children communicate.  
This DL contains images and is available on a Pocket PC. Autistic children combine the images 
to form a message. Such communication with images has been used successfully with the paper-
based Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). However, a Pocket PC is lightweight 
and easy to carry around and less stigmatizing. It provides therapists and teachers with an 
efficient way to teach communication skills and get usage feedback. We have developed a 
prototype and are evaluating it with non-autistic message receivers, parents, therapists and 
teachers, and autistic children.  
 
 
For a larger view of the Figure, click here. 
  
© Copyright 2005 Gondy Leroy, John Huang, Serena Chuang, and Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy 
Some or all of these materials were previously published in the Proceedings of the 5th 
ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital libraries, ACM 1-58113-876-8/05/0006.  
 
 
 


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Claremont CollegesScholarship @ ClaremontCGU Faculty Publications and Research CGU Faculty Scholarship1-1-2005Non-verbal Communication with AutisticChildren Using Digital LibrariesGondy A. LeroyClaremont Graduate UniversityJohn Huang '05Claremont Graduate UniversitySerena Chuang '05Claremont Graduate UniversityMarjorie H. CharlopClaremont McKenna CollegeThis Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the CGU Faculty Scholarship at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusionin CGU Faculty Publications and Research by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please contactscholarship@cuc.claremont.edu.Recommended CitationG. Leroy, J. Huang, S. Chuang, M. Charlop-Christy, "Non-Verbal Communication with Autistic Children using Digital Libraries",IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin, Online.     TCDL Bulletin Current 2005 Volume 2   Issue 1   Non-Verbal Communication with Autistic Children using Digital Libraries Gondy Leroy1, John Huang1, Serena Chuang1, Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy2 1School of Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University 2Department of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California, USA {gondy.leroy, serena.chuang, john.huang}@cgu.edu majorie.charlop-christy@claremontmckenna.edu   Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become one of the most prevalent mental disorders over the last few years and its prevalence is still growing. The disorder is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms such as lack of social behavior, extreme withdrawal, and problems communicating. Because of the diversity in symptoms and the wide variety in severity for those, each autistic child has different needs and requires individualized therapy. This leads to long waiting lists for therapy.  By using information technology (IT), therapy can be provided to more children sooner. In the Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL), we use IT to augment behavioral therapy to improve communication skills. We are developing a digital library (DL) that helps young, non-verbal autistic children communicate.  This DL contains images and is available on a Pocket PC. Autistic children combine the images to form a message. Such communication with images has been used successfully with the paper-based Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). However, a Pocket PC is lightweight and easy to carry around and less stigmatizing. It provides therapists and teachers with an efficient way to teach communication skills and get usage feedback. We have developed a prototype and are evaluating it with non-autistic message receivers, parents, therapists and teachers, and autistic children.    For a larger view of the Figure, click here.   © Copyright 2005 Gondy Leroy, John Huang, Serena Chuang, and Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy Some or all of these materials were previously published in the Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital libraries, ACM 1-58113-876-8/05/0006.     

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