Virtual Reality Among Individuals With Intellectual And/or Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Literature Review
Therapeutic Recreation Journal
Ryan Oakes, L. (2022).
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 56(3), 281-299.
This systematic review investigates the effects of virtual reality treatments on social and emotional skills as well as cognitive and community living skills for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
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From database inception to October 2020
Peer-reviewed research articles
27
Interventions such as a 3D emotion system, socially assistive robots, immersive virtual reality, and use of avatars led to positive social behavior and improved social-emotional competence.
Virtual reality was effective to improve cognitive and executive function skills through prompting, interactive devices, and realistic virtual environments. Virtual reality and virtual worlds were also successfully used to teach community living skills such as navigating, street crossing, and shopping.
