Serious games as an aid in the development of people with intellectual disabilities

Abstract This article contains the description of a web application created in order to help children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The application gathers simple serious games that are supposed to be an addition to the daily therapy, widening and intensifying its results. The article starts with a quick review of already created serious games for people with the autism spectrum and the Down syndrome. Later, it focuses on formal and technical details of the chosen solution. The main part of the publication contains descriptions of the particular games created for the application. The article explains the rules of each game and depicts it with a screenshot from the application. Finally, the reader can find the results of the tests conducted with the help of the parents of pupils attending one of Cracow’s special needs school. The tests, during which the children were encouraged to use the web application in their homes, lasted for a little more than 3 weeks. The final section also contains opinions of the therapists with more than 20 years of experience.