Applications for Children with Autism in Preschool and Primary Education

Authors

  • Maria Xanthopoulou National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"
  • Gioulina Kokalia National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"
  • Athanasios Drigas National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v7i2.10335

Keywords:

ASD, Diagnostic Tools, Intervention Tools, Mobile Apps

Abstract


In this article, we decided to focus on applications for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) knowing the significant influence of them on those children. Below, we analyze the different types of applications that are available for children with ASD. The applications are presenting, have been categorized in three categories. The first category is Diagnostic Tools, the second is Intervention Tools and the third is generally Mobile Apps. This separation was made to give a clear view about the characteristics and the developmental area each application covers. Finally, the applications have been chosen based on positive reviews, in combined with how many had download and install them, whether they were easy to use and if they responded to what their description said they were providing.

Author Biographies

Maria Xanthopoulou, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

Maria Xanthopoulou is with N.C.S.R. ‘Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab - Net Media Lab, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: maxanthopoulou@yahoo.com)

Gioulina Kokalia, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

Gioulina Kokalia is with N.C.S.R. ‘Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab - Net Media Lab, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: gioulina@hotmail.com)

Athanasios Drigas, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"

Athanasios Drigas is with N.C.S.R. ‘Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Telecoms Lab - Net Media Lab, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: dr@iit.demokritos.gr)

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Published

2019-06-21

How to Cite

Xanthopoulou, M., Kokalia, G., & Drigas, A. (2019). Applications for Children with Autism in Preschool and Primary Education. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES), 7(2), pp. 4–16. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v7i2.10335

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Papers

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