虚拟现实助力：让自闭症儿童“开启”新奇世界的梦幻之旅-星度环球文化-教育宝

在英格兰南部伯克郡，有一所名为“先前法庭”的特殊学校，正为自闭症儿童教育带来新变革。自闭症儿童面对陌生环境常不知所措，该校教师创新运用虚拟现实（VR）技术，让孩子们在安全教室中，就能体验逛商场、乘飞机等场景，还能感受滑雪、深海潜水等新奇体验，助力他们适应日常变化。同时，学校利用高科技，借助新数据收集系统“先验洞察”，全面记录学生饮食、睡眠、运动及活动等信息，并将其与行为、医疗事件对比分析。学校不仅希望借此深入了解校内自闭症青少年的世界，更期待未来能将成果分享给更广泛的自闭症群体。这一系列创新举措，究竟会给自闭症儿童教育带来怎样的改变？A school in England for children with autism is finding a new use for virtual reality, or VR headsets. Prior"s Court is a school in Berkshire, southern England. The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual students.英格兰一所自闭症儿童学校正在开发虚拟现实或 VR 头戴设备的新用途。 “先前法庭”（Prior’s Court）是英格兰南部伯克郡的一所学校。学校员工也在使用高科技来更多地了解单个学生。People with autism may find it hard to deal with places and situations they have not experienced before. VR headsets make the wearer feel like they are in a different place. For example, someone wearing a VR headset can have a 360-degree view of a place as they turn around. With video, they can even hear the sounds of the place.自闭症患者可能会发现很难应对他们以前从未接触过的地方和情境。 VR 头戴设备可以让佩戴者感觉就像在别的地方。例如，头戴 VR 设备，人们转身即可获得 360 度的视觉效果。加上视频，他们甚至可以听到那个地方发出的声音。Teachers at Prior"s Court are using VR to introduce children to situations like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane. They can do so in the safety of their classroom.“先前法庭” 学校的教师正在使用 VR 技术向孩子们介绍像逛商场或乘飞机这样的情景。在教室这样安全的环境下，孩子们就可以做到这些。In addition to getting used to everyday places in the real world, the children may learn to enjoy new experiences such as skiing or deep-sea diving.除了适应现实世界中的日常生活场所之外，孩子们还可以学着享受滑雪或深海潜水等新体验。Nuno Guerreiro is a computing teacher at Prior"s Court School. He told Reuters:努诺?格雷罗是 “先前法庭” 学校的计算机老师。他告诉路透社："Our young people, they have difficulties with sensory issues so they can find it overwhelming going to very busy places."“我们的这些年轻人，在感知上存在困难，因此他们会发现，去那些繁忙的场所会不知所措。”Guerreiro added that children with autism find it hard to be in a new place. “They like what is familiar, they like their routine.”格雷罗补充道，自闭症儿童很难处在新环境下。 “他们喜欢熟悉的事物，喜欢常规。”The school officials hope the VR experiences will help children feel better about changes from their routine.学校官员希望 VR 体验可以帮助孩子们更好地接受日常生活的改变。Prior’s Court cares for around 95 young people with more severe signs of autism. Some cannot speak or communicate their needs.“先前法庭” 学校为大约 95 名自闭症症状较严重的年轻人提供照顾。他们中有些甚至不会说出或传达自己的需求。The charity is also hoping data can help. They are trying a new data collection system. The system, called Prior Insight, puts together information about each young person"s day: puts together information about each young person’s day: what they have eaten, how much sleep and exercise they have had and all their activities. Then it compares those facts to how they are behaving and medical events.该慈善机构也希望数据能有所帮助。他们正在试验一个新的数据收集系统。这个系统叫做 “先验洞察”，可收集每个年轻人的日常信息，包括：他们的饮食、睡眠时长和运动量以及所有活动。然后将这些信息与他们的行为及医疗活动进行比对。Project leader Elaine Hudgell said the school hopes to share what it learns.项目负责人伊莱恩?哈吉尔表示，学校希望可以分享其收获。"We"re hoping to not only increase our knowledge and awareness about the world of young people with autism at Prior"s Court, but we"re also hoping to be able to, in time, share that with the wider autism world."“我们希望不仅可以提高对本校内青少年自闭症世界的了解和认识，还能够及时地同更广泛的自闭症世界分享这些认识。”I"m Jill Robbins.吉尔?罗宾斯报道。综合来源：VOA慢速英语 iYuba等