• Sanjukta Chaudhuri

There has been an increase in use of Artificial Intelligence or AI in our daily lives. Our phones, gadgets, cars, even homes have become ‘smart’ with AI intervention. No wonder then that AI will be having applications in healthcare and diagnostics. As an emerging technology AI has promise in making life easier. AI systems are used as diagnostic tool and office assistance by clinicians and technicians. The reliability and accuracy of AI diagnoses has made ripples in psychology and psychoanalysis. AI can be used to create programmes to think and reason like humans and perform tasks on its own. A computer system develops its intelligence and evolves just like the human brain via machine learning. Using Fuzzy logic and available database AI is becoming a powerful and effective tool to diagnose, and suggest therapy to patients. Autism is a developmental disorder that is complex in origin, development and rehabilitation. The autistic brain is Neurodivergent, so its perception, learning, and thinking are different. Along with that there are some physical, genetic, neurological aspects that are typical in most autistics. The diagnosis of autism is very challenging because of the difference in individual persons with autism, and early intervention and therapy, as early as two years, is needed because the neuralplasticity is lost as the children grow up. The impairment of speech, language, expression, social interaction happens in persons with autism. AI, VR, ML enabled devices and applications can be developed to speed up the diagnosis and therapy and help them get through daily life activities with the help of such devices and apps. The book chapter deals with the current manual processes of autism diagnosis and therapy in brief and then explores the emerging technology of AI and its application in Autism diagnosis and therapy, with a discussion on the future of AI in the Autism sector.

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Autism, ASD, Mental Health, Psychology, Robotics

"Artificial Intelligence in Autism Diagnosis & Therapy Recent Trends and Future Innovations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.b113-b121, October-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210123.pdf

"Artificial Intelligence in Autism Diagnosis & Therapy Recent Trends and Future Innovations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no. ppb113-b121, October-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210123.pdf