User Interface and User Experience Design of Family Intervention Application for Parents of Children with Autism

Abstract

Children with autism need optimal and consistent intervention at school and home. Parents need an application as a guide for implementing interventions at home. This study aims to develop a home-based intervention application design so that it is easy to use by parents and match with the intervention needs of children with autism. This research method is design thinking. Several steps of the design thinking method are empathy, define, ideate, prototype, and test. The test through usability testing using the Maze platform, 93% results were obtained. Then in data analysis using a usability test questionnaire, the learnability aspect was obtained 90% and the memorability aspect was obtained 80%. The whole test shows good and successful results, so the prototype can be continued on the implementation of the application.