Resumen
Some of the latest studies conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) claim that approximately 10 percent of the world’s children and young people (200 million) have a sensory, intellectual, or mental health impairment. This situation is complex because 80% of them live in developing countries. In Ecuador, the picture has become critical with the health emergency due to the COVID-19. In the same way, it is essential mentioning that children with disabilities are much more vulnerable to COVID-19. For these reasons, in this paper, we present the first development stage of an open-source platform to help specialists in the intervention of children with intellectual disabilities. The platform uses chatbots to support and provide an appropriate guide for children’s parents/caregivers, and at the same time uses the free intelligent services provided by the IBM Watson. To determine the real feasibility of implementing we tested the platform with real users, their parents, and at the same time, applied a survey with 30 professionals of special education. The achieved results are encouraging and show that the platform can be used by therapists and professionals that lost their works due to the pandemic.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Título de la publicación alojada | Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Usability and User Experience, Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design, and Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2021 |
Editores | Tareq Z. Ahram, Christianne S. Falcão |
Editorial | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Páginas | 486-494 |
Número de páginas | 9 |
ISBN (versión impresa) | 9783030800901 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 2021 |
Evento | AHFE Conferences on Usability and User Experience, Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design, and Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2021 - Virtual, Online Duración: 25 jul. 2021 → 29 jul. 2021 |
Serie de la publicación
Nombre | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
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Volumen | 275 |
ISSN (versión impresa) | 2367-3370 |
ISSN (versión digital) | 2367-3389 |
Conferencia
Conferencia | AHFE Conferences on Usability and User Experience, Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design, and Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2021 |
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Ciudad | Virtual, Online |
Período | 25/07/21 → 29/07/21 |
Nota bibliográfica
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