Evaluation of a computer-aided system providing pictorial task instructions and prompts to people with severe intellectual disability

The present study extended the evaluation of a computer-aided system provid ing pictorial instructions and prompts to promote task performance in peopl e with severe intellectual disability. Four people were presented with two sets of tasks. The participants used the computer-aided system for one set and a card (control) system for the other. The results indicate that the co mputer-aided system was more effective than the card system with all partic ipants. Three of the participants preferred the computer-aided system, whil e one favoured the card system.