www.ijcrt.org © 2022 IJCRT | Volume 10, Issue 4 April 2022 | ISSN: 2320-2882 IJCRT2204111 International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) www.ijcrt.org a918 FACE EMOTION BASED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CHILDRENS WITH AUTISM A.Kameshwaran 1 , Bala Chander .M 2 , M.Mokesh 3, and Surjeeth Yadav.R 4 1 Department of Information Technology, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Abstract. : As of today, children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are becoming an increasingly common occurrence in our schools and society. Consequently, this increases the need to develop assistive devices for ASD children. This paper shows the development of a system designed to facilitate learning in ASD children. This Arduino- based game is equipped with common components such as touch sensor, MP3 player and LEDs to increase replicability. A research was done based on the Early Intervention module to develop a game that could help improve cognitive skill of ASD children. Early Interventions for children with ASD has proven to be effective in reducing ASD symptoms. With the advancement of technology, a wide range of auto- mated tools are now used to teach children with autism. One of the widely used therapies for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) training that focuses on improving a wide range of behaviours like communication, adaptive learning skills, social skills and a variety of motor skills. Thus, the objective of this arti- cle is to design and develop a gaming application for autistic children for improving their cognitive skills The cognitive development (in terms of gaming scores) of a child over the time can be stored and analyzed using this application. A light-weighted evaluation study was carried out; and found that the proposed gaming application is usable, effective and useful for autistic kids to improve their cognitive skills. Keywords: Autism spectrum Disorder ASD, Assistive Devices, Face detection 1. Introduction Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), is a neurological disorder that affects social interaction, communication, and behaviors. ASD children may display behavior that is repetitive or rigid during play. For example, a toddler with ASD may spend more time arranging their toys in a particular manner instead of actually playing with the toys [1]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that “the global prevalence of autism increased twentyfold to thirtyfold since the earliest epidemiologic studies conducted in the late 1960s and early 1970s”, by early 2000s the prevalence rates increased to 1-2 in 100 children [2]. As the term spectrum already means “wide range”, it is a disorder in which their symptoms and severity vary widely across the core characteristic symptoms, meaning that not everyone will have the same symptoms. They may share similar difficulties while growing up, however these symptoms affect their lives differently.