Public Schools Turn To Robots To Teach Kids With Autism
The prevalence of autism has steadily risen over the past decade and it's estimated that now 1 in every 68 children have autism.
This rate is an increase of roughly 30 percent from that which was estimated back in 2008. And the prevalence of autism is on the rise all around the world, not just in the US.
The dramatic increase has been attributed to a number of things, common suggestions for the seeming epidemic are reasons like better diagnosis methods, as well as an increased awareness about autism.
Autism is credited as being the fastest growing developmental disorder in the US.
Meet Milo.
Public schools in Canada are now looking to introduce a humanoid robot known as Milo who can help teach kids with autism.
A pilot program is being launched in the West Vancouver School District and this makes that school district the first in the country to embrace this technology.
Milo is a humanoid robot that gets produced by a Texas company known as RoboKind Robots. It is programmed to help students to learn how to express empathy, learn different emotions, motivate themselves, and act better in social settings.
The robot has reportedly been extremely effective in keeping the children engaged and focused.
Milo is said to be a great compliment to behavioral therapists and teachers who work with those with ASD. He can get them engaged in simple games, emotional exercises, doing math problems, and more.
He isn't the only robot helping in this way, there are other competitors out there as well.
But this is a notable move by the public schools in Canada to embrace this sort of technology in this way and other school districts are allegedly already looking to do the same and get this robot into their classrooms as well.
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Sources:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/3379183/robots-teach-students-autism-west-vancouver/
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/12/12/humanoid-robot-milo-helps-students-autism-williamson-county/94598966/
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2017/03/16/say-hello-to-milo-new-robot-in-d-303-helping-autistic-students/a3vqqm/
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He reminds me of chucky. But if he helps then he's great :)
Excellent post dear friend @doitvoluntarily, ignored the great growth that had the disease 30% is much. It's good that the technology is at the service. Thank you very much for this information.
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It is interesting. I can't think it's right or wrong yet about robots are coming to us very close. @doitvoluntarily
I'm speechless. Being that I'm an Aspie, I actually reject being on the autism scale but this is NOT the answer! I cannot even begin to express how wrong this experiment is. SMH
it isn't really an experiment, it has already been implemented in many schools and the children are enjoying working with the robots, along with their usual speech therapists and behavioral therapists. I guess to each their own! whatever works for the children I think is wonderful :)
surely this is by design to further the transhuman agenda - autism creates psychopathic humans who can't feel and who are good workers left brained - and respond to robots. Yuck.
While we certainly can't make light or ignore the ones affected, there have been many theories as to the rise of percentage of people diagnosed with ASD. It's supposed to only rise in numbers proportional to the human population and not the percentage itself.
However, with the right care and upbringing, people with autism can and indeed did lead a good life. I don't believe autism is something that can be cure with pills. A person with autism spectrum should be shown love and care for him/her to find their place in the world to shine. While the government can only do so much, I believe initiatives like Milo are a great step in the right direction.
Interesting information! Thanks for sharing!