Conversational Agents in Therapeutic Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Survey

Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the developmental period characterized by deficits cognitive and social areas. Conversational agents have been increasingly explored to support therapeutic interventions for people NDD. This survey provides structured view crucial design features these systems, types goals they address, empirical methods adopted their evaluation. From this analysis, we elaborate set recommendations highlight gaps left unsolved state art, upon which ground research agenda on conversational