Creative Design Approach: Developing Innovative Solutions For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

According to Lamanna and Meldolesi (2024), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, in which the reasons for this variation are not yet clearly understood. In this sense, there has been a significant increase in integrating technology to support therapy for children with ASD (Toma et al., 2024). Design processes have been assigned as a significant approach to solve problems by creative thinking. Therefore, since creativity is assigned as the human capacity to solve problems it is intrinsic that design process is an important innovation effort. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a Creative Framework to foster innovative ideas for a case study (SisTEA). The framework was performed in a multidisciplinary group. The results point out how the Creative Framework, as a systemic process, is important to generate new and significant ideas, enabling the development of innovative solutions for the treatment of children with ASD. This work highlights the importance of synergy between design and creativity to understand the needs of children with ASD in the search for effective solutions