Abstract



Impairment in social skills is one of the three limitation among persons with Autism spectrum disorder. Lack of social skill is causing hindrance in mainstreaming ASD children in to inclusive classroom. Over the years many research are conducted to address the social issues of children with ASD one among them is Drama therapy. The purpose of the study was to find whether Drama as performing art can help children with Autism to overcome social skill limitation and get ready for inclusive school. The study has conducted on 10 children with ASD between a age of 6 to 9 years at a NGO. A self made tool has been used to assess children with ASD. A comprehensive group activities programme has been planned. a thirty day intervention has been given. The qualitative and quantitative analysis showed that drama has effect on enhancing social skills among children with ASD.