Exploring the Use of a Voice-based Conversational Agent to Empower Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Inha Cha, Sung-In Kim, Hwajung Hong, H. Yoo, Youn-kyung Lim
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Abstract

Voice-based Conversational Agents (VCA) have served as personal assistants that support individuals with special needs. Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may also benefit from VCAs to deal with their everyday needs and challenges, ranging from self-care to social communications. In this study, we explored how VCAs could encourage adolescents with ASD in navigating various aspects of their daily lives through the two-week use of VCAs and a series of participatory design workshops. Our findings demonstrated that VCAs could be an engaging, empowering, emancipating tool that supports adolescents with ASD to address their needs, personalities, and expectations, such as promoting self-care skills, regulating negative emotions, and practicing conversational skills. We propose implications of using off-the-shelf technologies as a personal assistant to ASD users in Assistive Technology design. We suggest design implications for promoting positive opportunities while mitigating the remaining challenges of VCAs for adolescents with ASD.
探索使用基于语音的对话代理来授权患有自闭症谱系障碍的青少年
基于语音的会话代理(VCA)已经成为支持有特殊需求的个人助理。患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的青少年也可以从vca中受益,以处理他们的日常需求和挑战,从自我照顾到社会沟通。在这项研究中,我们通过为期两周的vca使用和一系列参与式设计研讨会,探讨了vca如何鼓励自闭症青少年在日常生活的各个方面进行导航。我们的研究结果表明,vca可以是一种有吸引力的、赋权的、解放的工具,可以帮助患有自闭症的青少年满足他们的需求、个性和期望,比如提高自我照顾技能、调节负面情绪和练习会话技能。我们提出了在辅助技术设计中使用现成技术作为ASD用户的个人助理的含义。我们建议在为ASD青少年提供积极机会的同时,减少vca的剩余挑战。
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