Utilização de ferramenta de realidade aumentada para ajudar em tarefas psicopedagógicas com crianças pertencentes ao transtorno do espectro autista

Abstract

The present thesis aims to show the development and application of an Augmented Reality tool to helps children affected with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).This tool consists of the display of real-life caricatured scenes, visualized through the Google Cardboard Virtual Reality glasses, which were used in tasks and psychopedagogical tests performed with these children. We analyzed the relationships about the possible increase in executive functions when they have their facial processing smoothed using the proposed system and seeing the real world as a cartoon. This initial study provides evidences to verify that such children have a particular interest in cartoon in spite of human faces. The results suggest that the proposed environment helps to increase children’s performance in psychopedagogical tasks and that it can be a useful tool to help professionals in education in their work to provide better support to these children, especially with regard to development of executive functions of them.