Building Accessible Video Games for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Young children, especially those on the autistic spectrum, often do not learn educational subjects and life skills in the same manner as neurotypicals. Recreational activities like games, puzzles and co-curriculars are known to provide additional opportunities for learning while also engaging the child. The proposed project is aimed to design and implement an interactive game that will help shape the behavioral, cognitive and/or life skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Such an implementation will be carried out using the Unity engine, which utilizes the language C# for the source code. The final result is expected to be a working solution of a game that will aid healthy development of autistic patients in early childhood, and will be deployed for public use.