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Designing an Urban Support for Autism

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Claudio Mattutino,

Claudio Schifanella,

Roberto Keller,

Stefania BrighentiAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '19: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Article No.: 43, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3338286.3344390

Published: 01 October 2019 Publication History

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This paper describes the preliminary results of a project aimed to support people with autism in finding city places that match their "sensorial" preferences and aversions. Through a participatory design approach, we designed an interactive map that collects sensorial data about the urban environment exploiting crowdsourcing mechanisms.

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