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The current study aims to identify the impact of assistive technologies of the third advanced level (iPad with educational, behavioral, and linguistic applications) on students with autism spectrum disorder who were included in public schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where the research tool (questionnaire) was distributed to A random sample of 275 public education teachers in government schools who had to answer the 13 items of the questionnaire divided into 3 sides. The results indicated that 45.8% of the study sample representing general education teachers in public schools believe that there is a positive effect of assistive technologies in developing the academic, behavioral, and linguistic achievement of students with autism spectrum disorder. As for the rest of the study sample, 33% of them were neutral, and the rest of the sample, 22%, did not notice a positive effect of assistive technologies.
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To Cite this Article: Salahat, F. Al, & Zaharudin, R. (2023). The Effect of Assistive Technologies on Academic Achievement and the Development of Behavior and Language among Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder/Teacher Opinion. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 12(1), 1721–1730.
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