[1] April 2
Overview

[2] April 9

What is ASD, and what is ITA?

What is the "triad of impairments"

Grandin, T. 2000 "My mind is a web browser: how people with autism think"

Tidmarsh, L., & Volkmar, F. R. (2003). Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Wing, L., & Gould, J. (1979). "Severe impairments of social interaction and associated abnormalities in children: Epidemiology and classification"

Optional: Grandin, T. (1995) Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from my Life with Autism

Goodwin, M.(in press) "Enhancing and Accelerating the Pace of Autism Research and Treatment: The Promise of Developing Innovative Technology"

Kimball & Smith (2007) "Crossing the Bridge: From Best Practices to Software Packages"

Michel, P. (2004) "The Use of Technology in the Study, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Autism"

[3] April 16

Social Interaction

Pioggia, G., Igliozzi, R., Ferro, M., Ahluwalia, A., Muratori, F., & De Rossi, D. (2005) "An Android for Enhancing Social Skills and Emotion Recognition in People With Autism"

Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2006). Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia .

Kaliouby, Teeters, & Picard (2006) "An exploratory social emotional prosthetic for ASD"

Cobb, S., Beardon, L., Eastgate, R., Glover, T., Kerr, S., Neale, H., et al. (2002). "Applied virtual environments to support learning of social interactionskills in users with Asperger's Syndrome"

Lee, C. H. J., Kim, K., Breazeal, C., & Picard, R. W. (2008). "Shybot : Friend-Stranger Interaction for Children Living with Autism"

Take a look at

• Mind in the Eyes test
• Empathy Quotient
• Systemizing quotient test
• Autism Spectrum quotient test

(try to fill these out before class, and bring your answers... and your comments!)

Blog about the readings

Roz Picard (MIT Media Lab) speaks on " Emotional Intelligence Technology and Autism" on April 17th, at 4pm in Frances Searle Room #1-483 .

[4] April 23

Language and Communication

Baron-Cohen, Simon, 1995. "Autism and Mindblindness" in Mindblindness: an essay on autism and theory of mind. (James)

Capps, L., Kehres, J., & Sigman, M. (1998). "Conversational Abilities Among Children with Autism and Children with Developmental Delays" (Ken)

Tager-Flusberg, H., & Anderson , M. (1991). "The development of contingent discourse ability in autistic children". (Eric)

Optional: Barron, S. (2005) "A Different Perspective on Social Awareness" in Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships.

Bosseler A and Massaro DW . (2003) "Development and evaluation of a computer-animated tutor for vocabulary and language learning in children with autism". (Ken)

Tartaro, A. & Cassell, J. (2008). "Playing with Virtual Peers: Bootstrapping Contingent Discourse in Children with Autism"

Read new Wired Magazine article about autism

Blog about the readings

[5] April 30

Flexibility & Imagination

Losh, M., & Capps, L. (2003) "Narrative Ability in High-Functioning Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome" (Laura)

Solomon, O. (2004). "Narrative Introductions: Discourse Competence of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders". (Michelle)

Page, T. (2007) "Parallel Play" in The New Yorker

Prince-Hughes, D. (2005) "My Life" (Chapter One) in Expecting Teryk.

Bauminger, N., Kupersmitt, J., Weiss, P. L. T., Gal, E., Pianesi, F., Yifat, R., et al. (2007, June 2007). "Enhancing social communication in high-functioning children with Autism through a Co-located interface" (Eric)

Olga Solomon visits (UCLA)

Blog about the readings

[6] May 7

Preliminary Presentation of Projects

Dan Gillette visits (CAN ITA & Berkeley)

Turn in project proposal by Tuesday May 6th at 12pm

Turn in slides for your project presentation by Weds May 7th at 12pm

[7] May 14

Caregivers' Issues

Iverson, P. (2006) Strange Son (Alicia)

Rosenbloom, S.& Balsamo, T. (2003) Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism

Kientz, J. A., Hayes, G. R., Abowd, G. D., & Grinter, R. E. (2006). From the war room to the living room: decision support for home-based therapy teams (John)

Sharon Rosenbloom visits

Take a look at:

• Kim Peek video
• Guardian Story
• Joy of Autism
• ASA site on caregiver stress and Autism Support page
• The Kübler-Ross grief cycle

Blog about the readings

[8] May 21

Diagnosis & Assessment

Lord, C., & Corsello, C. (2005). " Diagnostic Instruments in Autistic Spectrum Disorders".

Prince-Hughes, D. (2004) "Ancestral Hymns" (Chapter 8) in Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism (Jackie).

Grinker, R. (2007) "Bringing Autism into Focus" and "One in Three Hundred" (introduction and chapter one) in Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism. (Rajaie)

Filipek, P. et al. (1999). "The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders" (Justan)

Arie, M. & Cassell, J. (2007) "With a Little Help from your Friends: Social Skills Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder" (James)

Mikami, A. et al. "Social Skills Differences among Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Types in a Chat Room Assessment Task." (Jackie)

Miri Arie visits

Blog about the readings

[10] May 28

Neurological and autonomic system

Rapin, I. Autism in search of a home in the brain. (Justan)

Goodwin, M., Groden, J. Velicer, W., Bardon, M.G., Hofmann, S.G., Groden, G. (2006) Cardiovascular arousal in Individuals with Autism" (Michelle)

Gayda, J., Tartaro, A., Li, Z., Cassell, J., Chiao, J.Y.(2008) [ Abstract ] [ Poster ] Neural Basis of Social Perception of a Human Versus Virtual Human. (Matt)

Picard, R. W. and J. Scheirer. "The Galvactivator: A Glove that Senses and Communicates Skin Conductivity." (Rajaie)

Matthew Goodwin visits (Groden Center & MIT)

Blog about the readings

[11] June 4

Class Presentations