Designing Children Picture Book Themed Empathy for High Function Autism Classmate

Digital Field-Testing Method as Design Ethnography

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.063How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Picture Book; Autism; Digital Field-Testing; Design Ethnography

Abstract

ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) is a pervasive developmental disorder that usually affects poor communication and low interaction with the surrounding. The data shown, ASD has increased by 500 people/year in Indonesia. High-function ASD who studied in inclusive/integration school often bullied (a chance 63% higher than the normal). Bullying and others aggressive attitudes, correlate with one’s low empathy, can be prevented by enhance empathy and understanding others through Picture books. This media help children empathize with ASD characters, plots, and values in a fun and understandable way. The research aim is to evaluate the prototype of ASD Children Picture Book. It involves character, plot, layout, setting, and also the main value which are the main aspects to be tested. Digital Field Testing method as Design Ethnography aimed for gaining feedback from Children Reader. This method uses the Zoom platform to deliver Picture Book’s content. The Readers are 5 children of 2nd and 3rd Grade Elementary School in Bandung. The result shown that mostly Children can distinguish 3 ASD characters throughout the story. Children felt empathetic response to Dio character and its ASD difficulty. Most children think ASD is some hard-talking sickness. Caregiver/Teacher needs to open discussion about general ASD character to avoid stereotyping and lead to neuro-diversity thinking. This research benefits understanding the context of ASD Picture Book in online reading.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenny Yosselina
AU  - Riama Maslan Sihombing
AU  - Vanesha Nathalia Ignacia
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - Designing Children Picture Book Themed Empathy for High Function Autism Classmate
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 485
EP  - 492
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.063
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.063
ID  - Yosselina2021
ER  -