Rehabilitation Training System for Children with Autism

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and verbal and non-verbal communication, and by restricted, repetitive or stereotyped behavior. Visual supports can alleviate these challenges by juxtaposing communication with visual cues. In this paper, a "Rehabilitation Training System (RTS)" for children with autism is developed. The "RTS" is a computer based training system that can be used for training children with autism to learn basic shapes, colors, plants, animals, and find the odd man out etc., from a given set of patterns. It not only eases the teacher\´s effort but also motivates the child to learn the patterns by providing incentives via audio signals.