Development of Home-based Rehabilitation Mobile App for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children experienced postural balance disorders that significantly affects their quality of life. It is believed that poor gross motor development leads to the bare social interaction which is the core weakness of ASD. However, treatment expenses for ASD children such as movement therapy requires high cost. This may be due to the limited access to the rehabilitation facilities and medical professionals to evaluate the patient well-being. In this study, Android-based mobile application of home-based therapy intervention for ASD children as the main user where mainly monitored by the therapists and caretaker is developed. This mobile app includes movement modules which intended to conduct the therapy routine via the character animations and audio. Users can evaluate motor performance and psychological well-being of the patients which designed for both in-house and clinical settings. Based on the qualitative measurements, it is shows that the average System Usability Scale (SUS) score is 86.25% which indicates good usability.