Abstract:
Today the autism rate in Sri Lanka is increasing and 1.07% that is 1 in every 93 children is
affected by autism. Among south Asian countries Sri Lanka has been reported with highest
prevalence. Many factors affect the behavior of an autistic child and an interaction is
needed for the improvement of their behavioral patterns. It is identified that music therapy
could play an important role as an intervention method to increase the social, interactive,
and communicative skills of the affected children as well as to manage the challenges faced
by them.
The lack of platform of aid to raise awareness and give support to the guardians of the
autism children is, as Sri Lanka as a nation has failed in terms of leveraging the
advancement and latest technology use for autism children. The aim of this research is to
identify and analyze the problems faced by the autistic children and their guardians and
identifying how screening & diagnosis can be done with emotion API and ASSQ
questionnaire and how the challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression can be controlled
and improved using music.
Based on the seriousness of the problem, the research and implementation aim to analyze
the issues faced by the autism children, guardians and to design and develop and evaluate
an IT solution along with use of advanced technologies.
It will further build a conceptual framework which can be incorporated the solution into
the music therapy to reduce the challenges faced by the children. Issues from two
perspectives; caretakers and children have been considered in this project."
