Increasing reading and communication skills in children with autism through an interactive multimedia computer program Dr. Saad Athbah sathbah@uj.edu.sa University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Abstract: This article investigated the effectiveness of Computer-aided instructions (CAI) that utilize a high interactive and motivating multimedia settings in teaching reading and writing skills to students with autism. Specifically, this article investigated using “an interactive and child-initiated microcomputer program (Alpha)” in teaching students with autism reading and writing skills (p.459). this program “use on-screen animations as well as videodisc material that gives the child an immediate feedback” and “each noun or verb is immediately animated during sentence creation, and after completion the whole sentence is shown in text and as an animation” (p.462). Moreover, the teacher provides the student with promoting atmosphere by asking questions that can help the student to learn new structure of language. Keywords: Reading and communication skills, interactive multimedia The sample of population of this study was grouped to three groups (30 participants). The first group contained 11 students with autism. The second group had 9 students with mixed disabilities. The last group included 10 normal preschool students. In addition, this study used a quasi-experimental method to find the results. “This study demonstrates that an interactive microcomputer learning environment might facilitate language learning for children with autism as well as for children with other handicaps such as cerebral palsy and mental retardation” (p. 475). All students had considerable progress while training by Alpha tests. Also, students were able to generalize gains by Alpha in phonological awareness and reading. I chose this article because I thought that it could help me when writing my research paper of this class using technology with students with autism as an intervention in Tier 3 of Response to Intervention model. I liked this article and it gave me a key and connection to how using computer can be useful in teaching some students with autism some readings skills by utilizing their motivations to using computers because many of them have strong visual skills. Brief report: Vocabulary acquisition for children with autism: teacher or computer instruction This article examined the effect on vocabulary acquisition when using computers with students with autism. This study “created a computer software program that builds "Science and Education" Scientific Journal August 2021 / Volume 2 Issue 8 www.openscience.uz 383