[ti:Virtual Reality Helps Autistic Children ‘Travel’ to New Places] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:01.96]A school in England for children with autism is finding a new use for virtual reality, or VR headsets. [00:12.00]Prior's Court is a school in Berkshire, southern England. [00:17.40]The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual students. [00:25.52]People with autism may find it hard to deal with places and situations they have not experienced before. [00:35.08]VR headsets make the wearer feel like they are in a different place. [00:41.52]For example, someone wearing a VR headset can have a 360-degree view of a place as they turn around. [00:51.76]With video, they can even hear the sounds of the place. [00:55.92]Teachers at Prior's Court are using VR to introduce children to situations [01:02.56]like visiting a shopping mall or getting on a plane. [01:06.92]They can do so in the safety of their classroom. [01:11.60]In addition to getting used to everyday places in the real world, [01:15.84]the children may learn to enjoy new experiences such as skiing or deep-sea diving. [01:24.16]Nuno Guerreiro is a computing teacher at Prior's Court School. [01:29.00]He told Reuters: "Our young people, they have difficulties [01:35.24]with sensory issues so they can find it overwhelming going to very busy places." [01:40.48]Guerreiro added that children with autism find it hard to be in a new place. [01:47.12]"They like what is familiar, they like their routine." [01:52.64]The school officials hope the VR experiences [01:56.36]will help children feel better about changes from their routine. [02:01.88]Prior's Court cares for around 95 young people with more severe signs of autism. [02:09.48]Some cannot speak or communicate their needs. [02:14.00]The charity is also hoping data can help. [02:17.60]They are trying a new data collection system. [02:21.28]The system, called Prior Insight, puts together information about each young person's day: [02:29.00]what they have eaten, how much sleep and exercise they have had and all their activities. [02:35.92]Then it compares those facts to how they are behaving and medical events. [02:43.00]Project leader Elaine Hudgell said the school hopes to share what it learns. [02:49.92]"We're hoping to not only increase our knowledge and awareness about [02:54.52]the world of young people with autism at Prior's Court, but we're also hoping to be able to, [02:59.08]in time, share that with the wider autism world." [03:03.04]I'm Jill Robbins. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM