<![CDATA[Facial expression detection in children with autism presents unique challenges due to limitations in verbal communication and social responses. This study develops a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model using the ResNet-50 architecture to improve the recognition accuracy of five expression categories: angry, fear, sad, neutral, and happy. A dataset of 3,030 images was divided into training and testing sets (60:40), with data augmentation and hyperparameter tuning applied using the Adam optimizer. The model achieved 89% validation accuracy and 84.49% testing accuracy, along with 86.78% precision and 80.69% recall. Evaluation on 25 test images showed an 84% success rate. These results indicate that ResNet‑50 effectively extracts facial features and classifies expressions with high accuracy, demonstrating potential as a communication aid in autism therapy. Future improvements include adding more diverse training data and optimizing model parameters.]]>
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