"Kaspar the Friendly Robots Helps Autistic Kids"
Staff and Wire Reports
eSchool News
Posted Online on March 8, 2011
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/03/08/kaspar-the-friendly-robot-helps-autistic-kids/?
Having an autistic child, I was intrigued by this article as it discussed using a robot to teach autistic children about learning and showing emotions. It is being used in a pre-school class in London, England and so far has been met with pretty good success. Since autistic kids do not read facial expressions very well, a robot gives them a safe way to learn these skills.
This article is not just for educators or for parents of children who are in the autism spectrum, but for the world as well to see how technology can be used to overcome disabilities. Though the machine is expensive now ($2,118), if it is successful then hopefully it can be produced on more of a mass-scale process to bring down the cost. As someone who has seen his own autistic child struggle with simple things that most of society does easily and without thinking, articles like these give me hope in overcoming those struggles.
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