Reducing the Need for Personal Supports Among Workers with Autism Using an iPod Touch as an Assistive Technology: Delayed Randomized Control Trial.
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are versatile task organizers that hold promise as assistive technologies for people with cognitive-behavioral challenges. This delayed randomized controlled trial compared two groups of adult workers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to determine whether the use...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 669 - 685 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2015
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