Volunteering as additional resource for inclusion autistic children in sociocultural environment

Volunteering children for medical experiments.

Designing a tailorable environment for children with autistic spectrum disorders

The prevalence rate of individuals with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is estimated to be approximately 91/10,000 in the UK. Children with ASD may vary in the extent and type of symptoms they display, but all have the triad of impairments in social interaction, communication and restricted patterns of behaviour. Given that research suggests that early intervention can maximize the potentia...

Autistic Children

It is written in a most lucid, practical and sensitive way and the message is clear compassion for the children, full understanding, and at times firm, but always sympathetic, handling of them. Lorna Wing has drawn on the works of doctors, psychologists, and teachers with long experience in the field, using many revealing and instructive case examples. She also enlisted the help of many parents...

Didactic Software for Autistic Children

In this paper we describe the aims and requirements of a project devoted to designing and developing Open Source didactic Software (SW) for children in the autism disorder spectrum, conforming to the Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) learning technique. In this context, participatory design with therapists and child’s parents is necessary to ensure a usable product that responds to these childre...

Facial Expression Recognition System for Autistic Children in Virtual Reality Environment

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may be viewed as a neuro developmental disability that can affect social interaction, language (or) behavioral skills of children. Most autistic children show symptoms of withdrawal from social interaction and a lack of emotional empathy towards others. The underlying causes of ASD are still not well understood but an alarming number of children are diagnosed and ...