Autistic children often face challenges in social interaction and communication, impacting their social connectivity, especially with their parents. Despite the effectiveness of game-based interactive therapy in improving motor skills, research on enhancing parent-child relationships is lacking. We address this gap with Magicarpet, an interactive play carpet that encourages parent-child interaction and has been validated through a user study with five families. The preliminary results indicate that Magicarpet enhances the motivation and participation of autistic children in play, demonstrating the potential of human-computer interaction (HCI) designs to foster connectivity.

翻译：自闭症儿童常面临社交互动与沟通方面的挑战，这影响了他们的社会联结，尤其是与父母之间的联结。尽管基于游戏的互动疗法在改善运动技能方面已被证明有效，但针对亲子关系增强的研究仍显不足。为填补这一空白，我们提出了Magicarpet——一款鼓励亲子互动的互动游戏地毯，并通过一项包含五个家庭的用户研究进行了验证。初步结果表明，Magicarpet能够提升自闭症儿童在游戏中的动机与参与度，展现了人机交互（HCI）设计在促进社会联结方面的潜力。