RCSI: A research presented at the 4th international DOCTRID Conference is a project with the aim of helping
children with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) to practice and improve their social skills through the use of
personalised multi-user games. The project is researching
the design of collaborative learning games which will facilitate
learning of social interaction skills. Due to difficulties in social
interaction, children with ASD are often restricted to playing alone or
engaging in a narrow repertoire of behaviours and interests. Existing
commercial technology solutions for children with ASD focus on single
user interaction but the new research being presented at the conference
outlines the rationale for and development of a multi-user game to
provide children on the autism spectrum a means to build, practice and
consolidate their social interaction skills.
