Educational App for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

Aziz, Mohd Z.A.; Abdullah, Syahrul Afzal Che; Adnan, Syed Farid Syed; Mazalan, Lucyantie

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2014.11.035

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“…Picaa covers different kinds of activities: puzzle, sorting, association, and exploration. An app for iOS is presented in [24]. It uses two modes of access: Parents and Child.…”

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ChilDiBu – A Mobile Application for Bulgarian Children with Special Educational Needs

Kraleva¹

2017

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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Abstract-Designing applications adapted to the capabilities of each user is an important part of modern software engineering. Children with Autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disabilities are a special group of users where standard application design is not a good approach. Some of them have speech disorders, others have disorders of the musculoskeletal system and in their cognitive development. In the literature, these children are referred to as children with special educational needs. Only few researchers are involved in the development of various computer technologies, including mobile applications appropriate for these children. Some specialized mobile applications for these users can be found in the different mobile stores. However, most of these apps are rather expensive or with inappropriate user interfaces. Another disadvantage in all the apps is the lack of support in the Bulgarian language. It makes them unusable for the youngest users with special needs in Bulgaria. A conceptual model based on the investigation of some existing applications, the well-established theoretical practices, and on the opinion of children without disorders is proposed in this paper. An approach to designing and developing the interactive mobile application ChilDiBu for children with special needs, suitable for the Windows Phone mobile operating system, is presented. ChilDiBu is a picture-based app that combines graphic images, texts and audio files which can be used to learn the Bulgarian alphabet, the numbers up to 20, some basic colors and the daily activities that children perform. The application is focused on the development of the fine motor skills, observation and decision-making skills which is completed with a puzzle for arranging the two-digit numbers. At the end of the paper the app interface, the way it is used and its app architecture are shown.

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“…Picaa covers different kinds of activities: puzzle, sorting, association, and exploration. An app for iOS is presented in [24]. It uses two modes of access: Parents and Child.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ChilDiBu – A Mobile Application for Bulgarian Children with Special Educational Needs

Kraleva¹

2017

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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“…Moreover, communication and interaction with autistic individuals (children) is difficult due to insufficient verbal and nonverbal communication ability (Aziz et al, 2014).…”

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Interaction Design Principles for Edutainment Systems: Enhancing the Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2016

Rev. Téc. Ing. Univ. Zulia

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Owing to deterioration in communication, approximately 50% of individuals diagnosed with Autism face challenges in developing functional languages. To assist these individuals become more relaxed and comfortable during these activities, installed educational games on mobile devices can be used. Although there are many new mobile applications available for individuals with Autism, they are difficult to use; particularly in terms of user-interface design. An analysis of existing apps developed for children with autism shows that app design principles are projected according to interaction design (IxD) which fulfills the users" requirements in a more efficient way. The analysis involved five applications and pointed out fifteen suggestions regarding the design principles. This paper presents the suggested recommendations for the design and development of prototype apps for autistic children. It introduces edutainment systems design principles, which are designed to assist in the development of communication skills in children diagnosed with Autism-spectrum disorders.

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“…A mobile app is a software application developed specifically for use on small, wireless computing devices, such as smartphones and tablets, rather than desktop or laptop computers [29] [17-20] [16]. Educational App for children with ASDs is developed for iOS and Android devices to focus on giving a solution to verbal communication problems, which can give children with ASD a useful way of communication and interaction with others [5]. Many children with ASD are visual learners and tend to be drawn towards computers, which makes e-learning systems a natural choice for them as static and dynamic images as well as videos can be incorporated as part of the learning process.…”

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“…According to [10] mobile devices should be seriously considered when seeking to acquire communication and social skills, as well as social behaviour improvements in people with ASD [11]. Educational App is created to help children with ASDs to improve their communication skills with others [5]. By using this app, children with ASDs can follow the process of learning by listening to the audio sound after interacting with the picture of the object.…”

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“…By using this app, children with ASDs can follow the process of learning by listening to the audio sound after interacting with the picture of the object. The app can also help their parents to understand the needs of their children because it can avoid any unwanted miscommunication [5]. According to research, there are nearly 700 mobile device apps listed on "Autism Apps" section on Autism Speaks website [3].…”

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Assisting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Educational Mobile Apps to Acquire Language and Communication Skills: A Review

Hussain

Mkpojiogu

Okoroafor

2021

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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This systematic literature review was set out to review available literature on autism spectrum disorder and educational mobile apps with the aim of investigating available educational mobile app and how teachers can utilize these apps in assisting autistic children in acquiring language and communication skills. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the researchers employed a systematic method of investigation. Fifty papers in the areas of autism, educational apps and teaching method for autistic children were downloaded. Twenty-six were carefully selected because of their relevance to the study. The papers were analyzed and the result showed that there are available educational apps that are effective in helping autistic children in acquiring language and communication skills.

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Educational App for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)

Cited by 21 publications

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ChilDiBu – A Mobile Application for Bulgarian Children with Special Educational Needs

ChilDiBu – A Mobile Application for Bulgarian Children with Special Educational Needs

Interaction Design Principles for Edutainment Systems: Enhancing the Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Assisting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Educational Mobile Apps to Acquire Language and Communication Skills: A Review

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