title: Assisting people with developmental disabilities to improve pointing efficiency with an Automatic Pointing Assistive Program.
abstract: This study evaluated whether two children with developmental disabilities would be able to improve their pointing performance through an Automatic Pointing Assistive Program (APAP) and a newly developed mouse driver (i.e. a new mouse driver replaces standard mouse driver, and is able to intercept mouse click action). Initially, both participants had their baseline sessions. Then intervention started with the first participant. When her performance was consolidated, new baseline and intervention occurred with the second participant. Finally, both participants were exposed to maintenance phase, in which their pointing performance improved significantly. Data indicated that both participants: (a) improved their pointing efficiency with the use of APAP and (b) remained highly successful through maintenance phase. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, No. 123, Hua-Hsi Rd, Hualien 970, Taiwan, ROC. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Ching-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Nai-Yun
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Ching-Tien
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Shih
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*