![]() I was aware of savant syndrome and its potential in higher education due to my experiences as an educator, in addition to my role as the South Asian self-advocate for ASD. Half of the families of the child prodigies studied reported autism diagnoses in first or second degree relatives, indicating strong links to genetics. Researchers have found that child prodigies have greater number of autistic traits, particularly with attention to detail. ![]() Based on an increase in diagnoses, we can assume that the numbers will continue to increase over time. That’s a 78% increase compared to a decade ago. Almost half (46%) of children identified with ASD have average to above average intellectual ability. Occurring in all groups (race, income, geographic), ASD is diagnosed 1 in 42 in boys, which is nearly 5 times higher than in girls (1 in 189). In 2014, 1 in 68 children have autism spectrum disorders (ASD) according to US data from the Centres for Disease Control. Future research addressing the effectiveness of AR among more participants, different technologies supporting AR for the intervention, generalization, and maintenance of learning skills, and the evaluation in the inslusive classroom environment and other settings is warranted. The review also proposes the research taxonomy for ASD. Although the effect of using AR towards the learning of individuals was positive, given the wide variety of skills targeted in the studies, and the heterogeneity of the participants, a summative conclusion regarding the effectiveness of AR for teaching or learning of skills related to ASD based on the existing literature is not possible. The results of maintenance tests conducted in five studies during a short-term period following the withdrawal of intervention were positive. The generalization test was conducted in one study only, but the results were not reported. The results of the studies show that AR benefited children with ASD in learning skills. Most of the evaluation parameters were human-assisted. ![]() Almost all the studies used observation as a data collection method, and classroom environment or controlled research environment were used as a setting of evaluation. The commonly used research design was pre-test and post-test. Computer, smartphone, and smartglass are more frequently used technologies. The social communication skill was the highly targeted skill, and individuals with ASD were part of all the studies. This systematic review attempts to address eleven specific research questions related to the learing skills, participants, AR technology, research design, data collection methods, settings, evaluation parameters, intervention outcomes, generalization, and maintenance. This paper presents a systematic review of relevant primary studies on the use of augmented reality (AR) to improve various skills of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from years 2005 to 2018 inclusive in eight bibliographic databases. ![]()
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