Computer Game Approach Focusing on Social Communication Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Initial Study

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10.2991/visio-13.2014.5How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorders, games, social skills

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. ASD is characterized by difficulties with communication, social deficits, stereotyped or repetitive behaviours and interests. One of the major reasons behind the push to use technology and multimedia to assist interaction with children diagnosed with ASD is that they have shown a preference for, as well as a fascination with, “visual stimuli” such as computer applications, games, and videos. Primordial purpose of this study is to synthesize a survey regarding social problems and situations faced by children with autism. A number of questionnaires for parents and teachers with a semi-structured interview for five doctors and eleven therapists were conducted to identify basic problems of children with Autism and psychological methods for each problem

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Aisyah Abdul Manap
AU  - Sarah Reisi Dehkordi
AU  - Riaza Mohd Rias
AU  - Noor Aziezah Sardan
PY  - 2013/12
DA  - 2013/12
TI  - Computer Game Approach Focusing on Social Communication Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Initial Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Computer Graphics,Visualization, Computer Vision, and Game Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 26
EP  - 31
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/visio-13.2014.5
DO  - 10.2991/visio-13.2014.5
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