Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) exhibit a range of developmental disabilities, with mild to severe effects in social interaction and communication. Children with PDD-NOS, Autism and co-existing conditions are facing enormous challenges in their lives, dealing with their difficulties in sensory perception, repetitive behaviors and interests. These challenges result in them being less independent or not independent at all. Part of becoming independent involves being able to function in real world settings, settings that are not controlled. Pedestrian crossings fall under this category: as children (and later as adults) they have to learn to cross roads safely. In this paper, we report on a study we carried out with 6 children with PDD-NOS over a period of four (4) days using a VR CAVE virtual environment to teach them how to safely cross at a pedestrian crossing. Results indicated that most children were able to achieve the desired goal of learning the task, which was verified in the end of the 4-day period by having them cross a real pedestrian crossing (albeit with their parent/educator discretely next to them for safety reasons).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies |
Subtitle of host publication | Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning, ICALT 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 423-427 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781467373333 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Sept 2015 |
Event | 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015 - Hualien, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 6 Jul 2015 → 9 Jul 2015 |
Other
Other | 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Taiwan, Province of China |
City | Hualien |
Period | 6/07/15 → 9/07/15 |
Keywords
- ASD
- Autism
- CAVE
- Children
- Learning
- PDD-NOS
- Pedestrian crossing