Designing Effective Learning Technologies for Autistic People

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Hersh, M. (2016). Designing Effective Learning Technologies for Autistic People. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41264-1_64

Publication date: 1 Jan 2016 Added to AutiHub: 29 Aug 2026 Type: Other Article language: English

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Authors

Publication authors
1
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 1 (100.0%)

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Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 12 Sep 2026 17:55.

Cited references
69
With a DOI
48
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
18
2 / 69 (2.9%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
12 / 69 (17.4%)
References with detected author names
63 / 69 (91.3%)
Without detected author names
6
Without a structured title
12
Without a stable identifier
18
References with raw author names still to review
3
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
These indicators apply to cited references displayed on this page, after technical duplicates have been merged. A reference without a DOI can still support author statistics when a title and author names are available.
Author names detected in the cited bibliography
192
From DOI or external metadata
192
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
7
24 / 192 (12.5%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 168 / 192 (87.5%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
6 / 192 (3.1%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 6 / 24 (25.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 6 / 185 (3.2%).
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