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Children with autism have different mental and physical developments, so they may find it hard to understand unexpected scenarios resulting exaggerated emotional responses. Therefore, children with autism are more likely to have meltdowns in public areas due to

various potential challenges.

To this end, the present research and design sought to find out how visual communication design can help in balancing the sensitive emotions of children with autism and provide them with a peaceful and recreational playing and learning experience while they are in public areas. The research involved interviews with three autism experts, on-line surveys of fourty autism parents and an observational research data collection in Japan.

Experts’ knowledge of how children with autism learn things differently and play games differently were analyzed and parents’ perceptions of their children’s emotional responses in public area and how they cope with some of the exaggerated responses were assessed by questionnaires. Based on the research results, and inspired by the observational data collection in Japan, I designed a prototype incorporating….for children with autism to play and help them learn in public areas. Suggestions are also made for parents to interact with their children while in public areas.