Electronic Device Addiction in an Autistic Child

Abstract

The study targeted the topic : (Electronic device addiction in an autistic child ( ,as we know, electronic device addiction is one of the behavioral problems in children that many families suffer from, especially families of children on the autism spectrum, through this study, we try to find out the causes of addiction,its indicators and the extent of its danger to the child’s health and behavior, whether psychologically, socially or emotionally given the complexity and difficulty of the disorder , ,where the clinical approach was adopted for the case of one child with autism spectrum and addicted to electronic devices , male gender and using the following research tools : Clinical observation, half - guided interview and scale of children’s addiction to smart devices,it was found that the child suffers from a high level of addiction at the level of the following dimentions : the psychological dimention , the family dimention and the academic dimention .