Together Tales: Designing inclusive storytelling games with generative AI to foster neurodiverse socialization
Xiao, Yiqi
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Title
Together Tales: Designing inclusive storytelling games with generative AI to foster neurodiverse socialization
Author(s)
Xiao, Yiqi
Issue Date
2025-05-09
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Briggs, Molly
Committee Member(s)
Garcia, Juan Salamanca
Hetrick, Laura
Starks, Katryna
Pridemore, Joshua
Department of Study
Art & Design
Discipline
Art and Design
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Autistic Children
Generative Ai
Neurodiversity
Social Skills
Educational Game
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Generative Image Models
Storytelling
Peer Relationships
Structured Collaborative Learning
Participatory Design
Neurodiverse Collaboration
Inclusive Education.
Language
eng
Abstract
This MFA thesis in Design for Responsible Innovation includes three peer-reviewed conference short papers and one short paper accepted as a poster, each presented at a national or international conference in the fields of serious games and learning sciences. These works collectively address the overarching question of how to foster meaningful social interaction between autistic children and their non-autistic peers in digital environments. By integrating generative AI (GenAI) technologies, the research explores the potential of AI-enhanced collaborative storytelling in supporting peer collaboration—and in facilitating collaboration between children and adults—as one possible response to this question from the author’s perspective. The papers center on an in-progress game, Together Tales, which serves not only as a design prototype but also as a case study of a participatory design process aimed at promoting child-centered digital environments, offering valuable inspiration for future game designs with similar goals. Together, these works reflect the author’s deep engagement with design and autism research and demonstrate the potential of experimental, interdisciplinary approaches.
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