Fala comigo: uma proposta para desenvolvimento da linguagem verbal de pessoas com transtorno do espectro autista

Abstract

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a set of developmental delays and disorders, characterized by difficulties in receptive and expressive social, behavioral and verbal skills. About 1/3 of people with ASD use little or no verbal expressive language and about 30% do not learn to speak more than a few words. Research is being carried out trying to minimize this difficulty, and artificial intelligence appears to be a promising technology. Many studies show gains in receptive language, but not in verbal expression. The present study intends to describe, analyze and propose the development of a mobile and tablet application that uses the child's speech with the adapted interface as an input element, and to raise a discussion with the objective of evaluating the possibility of obtaining gains in the expressive verbal communication of this audience. It is expected that the child with ASD will be interested in the application to the point of wanting to talk to the character, managing to develop a small dialogue through the interface. If the project shows that it has the potential to raise and / or develop the speech of individuals with ASD, it is intended to plan the development and tests of its effectiveness. By improving your verbal expression, you can have a significant improvement in all environments of your social life and learning. It is hoped that further research will be able to customize the sensitivity of the voice recognition system and check whether people with ASD improve their verbal language by answering questions asked by the character