User interface (UI) design of scheduling activity apps for autistic children

Abstract

This study presents the interface design for Special Needs Children (SNC) autism of perception mid-high function which obtained from user persona and user needs. SNC tends to have no concept to manage time, it makes them difficult to understand what activities they need to do in their daily life, and therefore it is necessary to schedule events for SNC so that they know when and how the action should be done. The result is expected to help SNC and parents in learning to perform regular daily events and other activities provided by parents. In this research, User Interface also available for parents to input action and its step by step so SPC could understand that. The interface model can be used as a tool for SNC therapy to familiarize themselves in doing the activity at the right time. This research uses User-Centered Design (UCD) for designing the user interface with a focus on what the user needs and task. The result of this study shown that the interface model of scheduling activity increases the usability up to more than 85%.