CREO: Enhancing creativity in autistic children

Abstract

According the World Health Organization, 24.8 million individuals across the world have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, impaired verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior. Autistic people around the world make up 1% of the entire world's population, making them the largest minority in the world. Autism spectrum disorder is a combination of multiple traits, a combination of which is unique to each individual on the spectrum. In the past 5 years, through multiple experiments, researchers have found a link between autism and creativity. This is a major breakthrough, as this would allow autistic individuals to expand their horizons and explore their creative potential. This not only will allow them to explore themselves in a creative capacity but will make them contributing individuals of the society. The creative enhancement has to begin at the grass root level, in order to achieve this shift. CREO aims at allowing children from the ages of 2-8 to interact with hexagonal building blocks which fuels their imagination and through multiple textural and play with the product it helps them develop their sensory as well as fine motor skills.