Designing Mobile Applications to Support Learning from Home for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Published in: PROCEEDINGS OF 2023 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND STUDIES, ICEDS 2023
• Main Authors: Kurniawan, Yohannes; Christian, Wilson; Anwar, Norizan
• Format: Proceedings Paper
• Language: English
• Published: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY 2023
• Subjects: Computer Science; Education & Educational Research
• Online Access: https://www-webofscience-com.uitm.idm.oclc.org/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001250241800001

The current problems related to the learning process of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children are mostly with physical interaction activities, so the other ways are needed for material enrichment that can be delivered in an interesting way, one of which is the application in mobile device. This research proposed the mobile application specific to help ASD children to learn more and get to know many new things that can develop their mind-sets in the Indonesian context, especially for children with the range age four until seven years old. The authors used the method of netnography and interviews with people who are experts in their fields to get the specific need for children with special needs. Based on the interview results, we can get the insight, how to design and develop the features that focus on the simple things for icons and letters with maximum used three colors. This mobile educational application was made to helps the children with special needs to be able to learn and develop their mindset not only in schools and therapeutic sites.