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Prototyping 'clasp': implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism

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Prototyping 'clasp': implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism. / Simm, William; Ferrario, Maria Angela; Gradinar, Adrian et al.
DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems. New York: ACM, 2014. p. 345-354.

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Simm, W, Ferrario, MA, Gradinar, A & Whittle, J 2014, Prototyping 'clasp': implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism. in DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems. ACM, New York, pp. 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2600880

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Simm, W., Ferrario, M. A., Gradinar, A., & Whittle, J. (2014). Prototyping 'clasp': implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism. In DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems (pp. 345-354). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2600880

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Simm W, Ferrario MA, Gradinar A, Whittle J. Prototyping 'clasp': implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism. In DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems. New York: ACM. 2014. p. 345-354 doi: 10.1145/2598510.2600880

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Simm, William ; Ferrario, Maria Angela ; Gradinar, Adrian et al. / Prototyping 'clasp' : implications for designing digital technology for and with adults with autism. DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems. New York : ACM, 2014. pp. 345-354

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