Autism-Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7890
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2165-7890
+44 1223 790975
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Research Article
A Preliminary Study: Can Computer Mediated Educational Materials Contribute in Children with Autism Progress in the Right-to-Live Autism Centre
Author(s): Khaled Ismail* and Nazean Jomhari
Many studies presented autism in children is estimated as one per 62 children and higher levels were reported in some countries. These children exhibit significant impairments with social, behavioural and communication skills. The level of impairments and severity of autism vary from an individual to another which makes teaching children with autism a challenge task for caregivers. Hence, computer mediated educational materials offers an alternative way to attract children to learning tasks using visual illustrations instead of textual form. This paper presents a preliminary study conducted at Right-to-Live autism centre in Gaza, Palestine; it aims to evaluate the children acceptance and attraction level to the served education materials compared to the manual methods of teaching... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-7890.19.9.236