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Increasing usage of information technology and communication predict a great development in all areas, especially in education and learning. In recent decades, because of emerging modern technologies like multi-media, meta-media and tele-communications, classical perspectives in learning are faced with critical changes. Today, modern technologies are used by most countries in special education. It can be said those multi-media as a modern and active method with capabilities such as: using multi-senses in education process, involving learners, making learning environment flexible and attention to special needs of autistic children, can be effective on social skills of autistic children. Disability in communication and poor social skills are the common characters of autistic children. Therefore, using multi-media result in appropriate social and communication skills and increasing self-steam. Evidence showed that in special schools emphasized more on educational skills and social skills ignored by them. So, autistic children encountered with some deficits in social skills. In this article, after introducing the characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder, social skills of this student explained and finally, the role of information technology and communications in training- with focus on multi-media- is argued.

Keywords: Autism, Social Skills, Multi-media technology

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