The Transporters series has been evaluated by the Autism Research Centre for its effectiveness for children aged 4 to 8 with ASC (autistic spectrum condition).
An autism researcher plans this week to release the video in the United States. The DVD tells autistic children how to recognize emotions like happiness, anger and sadness through fictional adventures on a train, ferry and cable car. The project is the brainchild of Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.
The results suggest that The Transporters DVD is an effective way to teach emotion recognition to children with ASC and that the learning generalises to new faces and new situations.
Source:Autism Research Centre Cambridge
