April is Autism Awareness Month in the United States. Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a complex developmental disability. It affects a person’s ability to communicate and do things with other people. Children with autism face many challenges. For examples, schools can be a difficult place for autistic children. Many schools are filled with loud noises, active classrooms and nearly non-stop social interactions. So, researchers in Britain have made a child-sized robot to help autistic children learn social skills. The robot, called Kaspar, can improve their ability to communicate with adults and other children. Dealing with Kaspar is easier for most children with autism than interacting with someone else. The robot uses games and songs to help the children learn social interaction and communication skills.
Title: Robot Helps Autistic Children Learn Social Skills
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1789/autism_robot.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Robot Helps Autistic Children Learn Social Skills' data-article-id='2306'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5625'>April is Autism Awareness Month in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='5625' data-end-time='14625'>Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a complex developmental disability.</span> <span data-start-time='14625' data-end-time='21875'>It affects a person’s ability to communicate and do things with other people.</span> <span data-start-time='21875' data-end-time='26229'>Children with autism face many challenges.</span> <span data-start-time='26229' data-end-time='32188'>For examples, schools can be a difficult place for autistic children.</span> <span data-start-time='32188' data-end-time='41500'>Many schools are filled with loud noises, active classrooms and nearly non-stop social interactions.</span> <span data-start-time='41500' data-end-time='51563'>So, researchers in Britain have made a child-sized robot to help autistic children learn social skills.</span> <span data-start-time='51563' data-end-time='61813'>The robot, called Kaspar, can improve their ability to communicate with adults and other children.</span> <span data-start-time='61813' data-end-time='70479'>Dealing with Kaspar is easier for most children with autism than interacting with someone else.</span> <span data-start-time='70479' data-end-time='80833'>The robot uses games and songs to help the children learn social interaction and communication skills.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1789/autistic_robot.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8423 data-hint-location='21875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1789/what_does_challenge_mean.m4a'>What does challenge mean?</div><div 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