Survey of Autism

[chanchitang]

Hi,


I am a final year student studying Product Design at the Nottingham Trent University and I am working on a major study project about educational toys for children with learning difficulties, with a mind to design for autistic children.

Can you help me to fill up this survey? This will help me a lot to understand more the challenges that they and parents are facing. Thank you.


https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L85KSXN

 

[AGXStarseed]

This may be difficult for you with all due respect; to coin a phrase from the Autism community, "When you meet one person with Autism, you've met ONE person with Autism". The meaning of this saying is that every Autistic person is different, and what one Autistic individual will like or respond to, another will not.
For example, I'm perfectly okay with using a sponge and have even been okay playing with them when I was a child, but an Autistic girl I knew avoided them like the plague because she couldn't tolerate the texture.

During my childhood, I found that toys that were durable and had functionality were my favorites; an example from me was a solid plastic train I had that had a working headlight on the front, made whistling sounds when you pressed the dome and had rods on the wheels that moved like the real thing. Just pushing that slowly along the floor while watching it from all angles and pretending to make the chugging noises in my head kept me occupied for hours.

To help you, this may be of assistance in terms of giving you ideas: http://www.cheapdisabilityaids.co.uk/sensory-toys-and-sensory-lighting-1-c.asp
I hope some of the members can also provide assistance.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

If I were to make a toy for autistic children it would have to involve stacking things up or lining things up as a sure fire bet for being used.

 

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chanchitang