# RedMan-GreenMan: Co-Designed Pedestrian Safety Game Prototype for Children With Autism

**Authors:** Jason Carter Stanton, Nicole L Peel, Caroline J Mills, Paul P Breen

PMC · DOI: 10.2196/69260 · JMIR Serious Games · 2026-01-15

## TL;DR

A game called RedMan-GreenMan was co-designed with carers to help children with autism learn pedestrian safety skills.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is a co-designed game prototype aimed at teaching pedestrian safety to children with autism.

## Key findings

- The game was conceptualized and implemented with input from carers.
- The system is currently in active use but lacks empirical evaluation of its effectiveness.

## Abstract

This letter presents the conceptualization, design, and technical evaluation of the RedMan-GreenMan game co-designed with carers, aimed to help children with autism spectrum disorder (hereafter autism) acquire pedestrian safety skills. While the system has been implemented and is in active use, no empirical evaluation of learning outcomes or behavioral impact has been conducted to date, and the focus of this work is on system development, functionality, and technical evaluation.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Autism (MESH:D001321), autism spectrum disorder (MESH:D000067877)

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