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EmpathyAut: an empathy map for people with autism

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Áurea Hiléia da Silva Melo,

Jonathas Silva dos Santos,

Raimundo da Silva BarretoAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '20: Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 45, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3424953.3426650

Published: 23 December 2020 Publication History

Abstract

When developing software for autistic people, the design techniques have to ensure that the physical and cognitive conditions do not prevent the interaction with the software. Empathy Map is an important tool for most of interface projects. However, the tool's components related to "Listen", "Think and Feel", "See", and "Say" may be problematic for autistic users with low/medium degree of functioning, therefore requiring adaptation. This is due to cognitive impairment and limitations caused by this disorder on verbal communication. To address these issues, this work presents the initial proposal of EmpathyAut which is based on the traditional Empathy Map model, but has sections that are more compatible with the reality of autistic people. The main EpathyAut goal is to improve empathy between the interface designers and autistic users. The EmpathyAut covers the autistic people's main affected areas, namely interaction, communication, behavior, and cognition.

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EmpathyAut: an empathy map for people with autism
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI

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IHC '20: Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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