Design of an Intelligent System for Prediction and Simulation of Writing in Children with Spasticity Luis Serpa-Andrade 1,2(&) , Luis González-Delgado 1 , Ana Parra-Astudillo 1 , Isaac Ojeda-Zamalloa 1 , Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev 1 , and Roman Bunay 3 1 GI-IATA, Cátedra UNESCO Tecnologías de Apoyo para la Inclusión Educativa, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador {lserpa,lgonzalez,vrobles}@ups.edu.ec, {aparraa,iojeda}@est.ups.edu.ec 2 Maestría en Métodos Matemáticos y Simulación Numérica en Ingeniería, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador 3 Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Estatal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador romanbunay@gmail.com Abstract. Spasticity is considered a wide spectrum disease that affects all age groups. However, the spasticity in children can have diverse causes, and com- monly is present in those patients that have been diagnosed with Infantile Cerebral Palsy. Approximately two thirds of children with ICP present spas- ticity. On the other hand, traditional writing is a process related with children’s cognitive development, and allows creating new neural connections between hands, elbows and shoulders. For those reasons, in this paper we present a proposal that aims predicting writing in children with spasticity, with the objective of supporting the traditional writing learning process. Keywords: Intelligent prediction Á Spasticity Á Graphology descriptors 1 Introduction According to the Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 3 , spasticity affects about 12 million people worldwide. In Ecuador, per the national information system of the “National Secretariat of Planning and Development” 4 , there are about 34,314 people with physical and motor disabilities. It is therefore important to mention that a high percentage of these people have limited quality of life in various aspects. In the educational field, people with physical and motor disabilities present serious dif ficulties to develop learning activities, where one of the most complex is the learning of writing. For this reason, it is fundamental to look for alternatives to support the area of language therapy, so that these people can communicate and develop various skills, such as writing, to improve other skills related to cognition. Writing in children is fundamental because it improves reading and in general their learning, it also contributes to the development of children’s communication with their environment and their development [1]. © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 V. Duffy and N. Lightner (eds.), Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 590, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_58