UAB Computer Program Helps Autistic Kids Communicate

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Please Note the correction to the press release that I received from the founder and creator of the software:

“FaceSay™, created by Symbionica L.L.C., features interactive games
that let children with ASD practice recognizing the facial expressions
of an avatar, or software “puppet.” Specifically, the computer games
teach the children where to look for facial cues such as an eye gaze
or a facial expression.”

http://main.uab.edu/Sites/MediaRelations/articles/39029/

Thanks!

Casey

Casey Wimsatt
Owner/Inventor
Symbionica, LLC

Maria Hopkins, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) College of Arts and Sciences and Fred Biasini, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology reported the results of an interactive program they developed called FaceSay that helps autistic children interpret emotion in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders that was reviewed at the HealthCanal.com website on February 25, 2011.

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One thought on “UAB Computer Program Helps Autistic Kids Communicate”

  1. Thanks for the nice mention of my FaceSay™ games. Can you please update this article asap to correctly specify that FaceSay was created and developed by Symbionica, LLC. The study that Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Hopkins did is really very solid. Here’s a link to the paper that was just published.
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1244308044ml647/

    From an earlier, 2007, UAB press release, here’s the correct attribution.

    “FaceSay™, created by Symbionica L.L.C., features interactive games
    that let children with ASD practice recognizing the facial expressions
    of an avatar, or software “puppet.” Specifically, the computer games
    teach the children where to look for facial cues such as an eye gaze
    or a facial expression.”

    http://main.uab.edu/Sites/MediaRelations/articles/39029/

    Thanks!

    Casey

    Casey Wimsatt
    Owner/Inventor
    Symbionica, LLC

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