Avaliação da usabilidade de um aplicativo que ajude no aprendizado de crianças autistas nas suas atividades de vida diária

Abstract

This work presents the development and evaluation of “Rotinando”, a prototype of an educational software to support autistic children in their learning to perform their daily activities of life. Rotinando follows the User-Centered Design methodology and is based on building a simple and efficient interface, adequate for the users, applying techniques of human-computer interaction. The system has two forms of access: one for the user with the profile of guardian of the child with autism, and the other for the child, thus allowing the guardians to follow and configure the activities completed by the child. The field research for ideation and evaluation of the prototype was carried out at CEMPI - Centro Médico Psicopedagógico Infantil do Recife, with interviews and focus groups with the professionals working in the institution and with interviews with the tutors of the children who attend the institution. The results showed that the system is useful for the target users, and presents an easy-to-understand interface, indicating that it is a good system for teaching classic autistic children in their daily life activities.