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IVIC 2015: Advances in Visual Informatics pp 420–431Cite as

Preliminary Study on Social Learning Using Mobile Technology Among Children with Autism

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Autism is a neurological disorder that influences the growth of the brain, resulting struggles in learning, communication, and social interaction. There is no cure for autism, however excellent educational practices and prompt intervention leads to rapid improvements. One of the excellent approaches is the Visual Approach, which uses pictures or other visual items to communicate with autistic children, as they are visually oriented. Moreover, the usage of technology is able to build their interest in learning activities. Major impairment of children with autism is their difficulty in social interaction. The objective of this paper is to discuss on the preliminary study of social learning among children with autism. The methodology used to conduct the preliminary study is through questionnaires to parents and teachers of children with autism, which the questions are to verify the literature reviews. The result of testing discovers that the real life conditions of the children are similar with the finding from the literature reviews.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Iman Nur Nabila Ahmad Azahari, Wan Fatimah Wan Ahmad & Ahmad Sobri Hashim

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  1. Fac Info Science and Techn, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

    Halimah Badioze Zaman

  2. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Peter Robinson

  3. Center for Digital Video Process, Dublin 9, Ireland

    Alan F. Smeaton

  4. Computer Science and Information Enginee, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan

    Timothy K. Shih

  5. Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

    Sergio Velastin

  6. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Visual Informatics, Bangi, Malaysia

    Azizah Jaafar

  7. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Visual Informatics, Bangi, Malaysia

    Nazlena Mohamad Ali

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Azahari, I.N.N.A., Ahmad, W.F.W., Hashim, A.S. (2015). Preliminary Study on Social Learning Using Mobile Technology Among Children with Autism. In: Badioze Zaman, H., et al. Advances in Visual Informatics. IVIC 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9429. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25939-0_37

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