A serious game for android devices to help educate individuals with autism on basic first aid

Abstract

Within the group of individuals with autism, we can find a certain number of people who interact well with mobile devices and other types of technology. To improve their knowledge on first aid, the main aim was to create an application composed of a set of Serious Games oriented towards first aid education: i.e. how to handle specific situations, basic knowledge about healthcare or medical specialties... all employing the use of current technologies such as Smartphones or Tablets, specifically running the Android operating system. Not only technological results have been investigated, but also feedback was taken from opinions and experiences by both users and specialists taking part in the practical validation and testing of the application. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.