Using Technology in Autism Research: The Promise and the Perils
From: IEEE Computer - 06/2012 - page 89
By: Jeff Munson and Phillip Pasqual

Entertainment technology could play a significant role in developing
computing-based assessment tools that lead to improvements in the treatment
of children with autism. 

The professionals studying, assessing, and treating those with disabilities
often have little awareness of the enormous potential of using entertainment
technology to develop better assessment tools that can both create an
inviting and engaging experience and record a rich set of important behaviors. 

In recent years, we’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to pick the
brains of a few people in the gaming industry, and we’ve been working to
develop ways to utilize this information in our own autism research. 

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