Digital Resources suiting people on the Autism Spectrum: usability criteria prioritization through crowdsourcing
Resumo
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects communication, social interaction, and personal interests in diverse manners on different individuals, requiring tailored therapies and interventions to address the specific needs of each affected person. Digital resources like websites and mobile apps have emerged as popular options to enhance the quality of life for individuals with ASD, and may provide or fit the necessary personalized adaptations for each user. However, limited information exists on the integration and effectiveness of these resources, leading to potential issues with usability, quality, and ergonomics. Moreover, the lack of consensus on usability criteria importance and relevance further complicates the development of digital solutions for this population. This study presents the results of an empiric crowdsourcing study that aimed to establish the relevance and importance of software usability and accessibility guidelines for individuals with ASD. Through a web application, data was collected from contributors with diverse profiles, who prioritized guidelines based on their significance according to each contributor knowledge and opinions. This work discusses the findings from 148 valid contributions collected from anonymous users with different profiles.
Palavras-chave:
Autism, Human Centered Computing, Accessibility, Usability, Crowdsourcing as Research Method, Web Applications
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Virnes, Marjo e Kärnä, Eija e Vellonen, Virpi. 2015. Review of research on children with autism spectrum disorder and the use of technology. Journal of Special Education Technology 30, 1 (2015), 13–27.
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Aguiar, Yuska Paola Costa e Galy, Edith e Godde, Anaïs e Trémaud, Maëla e Tardif, Carole. 2020. AutismGuide: a usability guidelines to design software solutions for users with autism spectrum disorder. Behaviour & Information Technology (2020), 1–19.
Ahmed Alshehri, Malcolm Rutter, and Sally Smith. 2019. Assessing the Relative Importance of an E-Learning System’s Usability Design Characteristics Based on Students’ Preferences.European Journal of Educational Research 8, 3 (2019), 839–855.
American Psychiatric Association 2014. DSM-5: Manual diagnóstico e estatístico de transtornos mentais. Artmed Editora.
Bastien, Christian e Scapin, Dominique. 1993. Ergonomic criteria for the evaluation of human-computer interfaces. Ph. D. Dissertation. Inria.
Peter Börjesson, Wolmet Barendregt, Eva Eriksson, and Olof Torgersson. 2015. Designing technology for and with developmentally diverse children: a systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the 14th international conference on interaction design and children. 79–88.
Talita C Pagani Britto and Ednaldo Brigante Pizzolato. 2014. Proposta de guidelines de interfaces com foco em aspectos do autismo. In Companion Proceedings of the 13th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 37–40.
Britto, Talita Cristina Pagani and Pizzolato, Ednaldo Brigante. 2018. GAIA: uma proposta de um guia de recomendações de acessibilidade de interfaces Web com foco em aspectos do Autismo. Revista Brasileira de Informática na Educação 26, 02 (2018), 102.
Consórcio World Wide Web (W3C). [n. d.]. Cognitive and learning disabilities accessibility task force (COGA TF) of the AG WG and APA WG. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 26 de abril de 2023..
Yuska Paola Costa, Anaïs Godde, Maëla Trémaud, Taciana Pontual, Thomas Arciszewski, Carole Tardif, and Edith Marie Galy. 2022. A survey on accessibility guidelines for users with autism: A broad understanding of the relevance and completeness. In Proceedings of the 21st Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–7.
Ana Paula de Carvalho, Camila Santana Braz, and Raquel Oliveira Prates. 2022. How are games for autistic children being evaluated?. In Proceedings of the 21st Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–13.
Google LLC. [n. d.]. Waze. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 8 de maio de 2023..
Google LLC. 2010. Angular: The modern web developer?s platform. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 10 de abril de 2023..
Google LLC. 2015. Angular Material UI Component Library. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 10 de abril de 2023.
Juan Pablo Hourcade, Stacy R Williams, Ellen A Miller, Kelsey E Huebner, and Lucas J Liang. 2013. Evaluation of tablet apps to encourage social interaction in children with autism spectrum disorders. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. 3197–3206.
Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Muimmah Kabir, Jakia Sultana, Chowdhury Nawrin Ferdous, Afsana Zaman, Ummey Habiba Bristy, Priyanka Kundu Moumi, and Iffat Tamanna. 2018. Autism Sohayika: a web portal to provide services to autistic children. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems. Springer, 181–192.
Ami Klin. 2006. Autismo e síndrome de Asperger: uma visão geral. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry 28 (2006), s3–s11.
Di Liu, Randolph G Bias, Matthew Lease, and Rebecca Kuipers. 2012. Crowdsourcing for usability testing. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 49, 1 (2012), 1–10.
Laura Malinverni, Joan Mora-Guiard, Vanesa Padillo, Lilia Valero, Amaia Hervás, and Narcis Pares. 2017. An inclusive design approach for developing video games for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Computers in Human Behavior 71 (2017), 535–549.
Ke Mao, Licia Capra, Mark Harman, and Yue Jia. 2017. A survey of the use of crowdsourcing in software engineering. Journal of Systems and Software 126 (2017), 57–84.
Anna Beatriz Marques and Leandro da Silva Monte. 2021. How are software technologies being evaluated with autistic users? A systematic mapping. Universal Access in the Information Society (2021), 1–11.
MongoDB. 2022. MongoDB: A Plataforma De Aplicação de Dados. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 10 de maio de 2023..
Nielsen, Jakob e Molich, Rolf. 1990. Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. 249–256.
Gustavo Maciel Nunes and Yuska Paola Costa Aguiar. 2020. Emotismo: Um aplicativo para auxiliar crianças no espectro autista a reconhecer e reproduzir emoções. In Anais do xxxi simpósio brasileiro de informática na educação. SBC, 692–701.
Talita Cristina Pagani Britto Pichiliani and Ednaldo Brigante Pizzolato. 2021. Cognitive disabilities and web accessibility: a survey into the Brazilian web development community. Journal on Interactive Systems 12, 1 (2021), 308–327.
Putnam, Cynthia and Chong, Lorna. 2008. Software and technologies designed for people with autism: what do users want?. In Proceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility. 3–10.
Aubyn C Stahmer, Laura Schreibman, and Allison B Cunningham. 2011. Toward a technology of treatment individualization for young children with autism spectrum disorders. Brain research 1380 (2011), 229–239.
Virnes, Marjo e Kärnä, Eija e Vellonen, Virpi. 2015. Review of research on children with autism spectrum disorder and the use of technology. Journal of Special Education Technology 30, 1 (2015), 13–27.
Wikipedia Foundation Inc. [n. d.]. Wikipedia: a enciclopédia livre. [link] Disponível em: [link]. Acesso em 8 de maio de 2023..
Hanan Makki Zakari, Minhua Ma, and David Simmons. 2014. A review of serious games for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In International conference on serious games development and applications. Springer, 93–106.
Yuxiang Zhao and Qinghua Zhu. 2014. Evaluation on crowdsourcing research: Current status and future direction. Information systems frontiers 16 (2014), 417–434.
Publicado
16/10/2023
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SILVA, João Rafael Chaves De Araújo; COSTA AGUIAR, Yuska Paola; DE ARAÚJO, Tiago Maritan Ugulino.
Digital Resources suiting people on the Autism Spectrum: usability criteria prioritization through crowdsourcing. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO SOBRE FATORES HUMANOS EM SISTEMAS COMPUTACIONAIS (IHC), 22. , 2023, Maceió/AL.
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