Study Of Toy Design For Autism Children Based On Cognitive Psychology

The method of the autism toys design has been studied in this thesis. Autism children are special users. And the toys should help them with cognition development, and fit to the treatment.The situation of autism children cognition development was known from the studies of autism cognitive psychology and developmental psychology. With the cognition development scale and the sensory integration scale, the autism's characters and development trend in cognition were clear. And then the design aim was confirmed. The theories in special education give methods to change the autism children's problem behaviors and to improve their abilities. And the methods were used in autism toys'design. It was introduced in this thesis, that the toy design is the game design. And the toy should tell the children what and how to behave in this game. With the different behaviors the toy works different. The toy should reinforce the good behaviors and shape the new behaviors. Except cognition development situation, the autism children's habits and life environment were concerned in this design study. This makes sure of the toy's applicability.The user research and the method of the autism toys'design was discussed in this thesis, based on the studies in cognitive psychology and behavior modification.