Effects of Augmented Reality on Developing Self- Skills of Students with Autism

Daily living skills should be a focus of treatment plans for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of augmented reality on self-skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Present research is an experimental study of a single case. Three male students ages 7-8, diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, participated in the study. A baseline design for each participant and chart analysis for data analysis was used. Data analysis showed that the augmented reality as a new technology was effective on developing practical self-skills in all students and they learned how to brush their teeth independently and maintained the skill 3 weeks later with the introduction of augmented reality. It can be concluded that augmented reality provides an engaging multimedia approach in real world context and increases developing and maintaining attention of the learners comparing video/picture modeling. Therefore augmented reality increased highly learning self-skills of the students with autism spectrum disorder.