This study intentions to verify the effectiveness of a different mobile chatting application entitled MAAN, which means that together during the Arabic, to have people having ASD, having fun with pre-article studies studies. The purpose of MAAN is to try to give an obtainable, secure, and easy-to-use messaging app to possess grownups having ASD thus assistance its addition when you look at the neighborhood. In this study, we hypothesized the second: (1) This new use of top features of mobile apps (text-to-message [TTS], speech-to-text [STT], and you may communication icons [CS]), which are used on MAAN, can boost new societal and you may communications experiences away from adults that have ASD; and you may (2) The use of this new software decrease social loneliness inside people having ASD.
Study Construction
A mixed steps method was accompanied within this study. Seven adults with ASD was expected to utilize MAAN due to their caregivers to possess 16 weeks. Before the construction and you may growth of MAAN, semistructured interview was in fact conducted that have professionals to go over the newest original recommended application construction.