The new year was off to a good start with lots of interesting publications including various platforms (robots, tablets, desktop…) and methods (tech vs non-tech comparisons, cohort studies, user-centred design). Enjoy reading!

Porayska-Pomsta, K., Alcorn, A. M., Avramides, K., Beale, S., Bernardini, S., Foster, M. E., … & Kossyvaki, L. (2018). Blending human and artificial intelligence to support autistic children’s social communication skills. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 25(6), 35.

Welkowitz, L. (2019). Does a Computer-Assisted language training program improve social conversational skills in Autism spectrum disorder?. Journal of Autism, 6(1), 1.

Bovery, M. D. M. J., Dawson, G., Hashemi, J., & Sapiro, G. (2019). A Scalable Off-the-Shelf Framework for Measuring Patterns of Attention in Young Children and its Application in Autism Spectrum Disorder. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.

Weisblatt, E. J., Langensiepen, C. S., Cook, B., Dias, C., Plaisted Grant, K., Dhariwal, M., … & Rybicki, A. (2019). A Tablet Computer-Assisted Motor and Language Skills Training Program to Promote Communication Development in Children with Autism: Development and Pilot Study. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-23.

So, W. C., Wong, M. K. Y., Lam, W. Y., Cheng, C. H., Ku, S. Y., Lam, K. Y., … & Wong, W. L. (2019). Who is a better teacher for children with autism? Comparison of learning outcomes between robot-based and human-based interventions in gestural production and recognition. Research in developmental disabilities, 86, 62-75.

Silva, K., Lima, M., Santos-Magalhães, A., Fafiães, C., & de Sousa, L. (2019). Living and Robotic Dogs as Elicitors of Social Communication Behavior and Regulated Emotional Responding in Individuals with Autism and Severe Language Delay: A Preliminary Comparative Study. Anthrozoös, 32(1), 23-33.