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What technology for autism needs to be invented? Idea generation from the autism community via the ASCmeI.T. App

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:28 authored by Sarah Parsons, Nicola YuillNicola Yuill, Judith Good, Mark Brosnan, Lisa Austin, Clarence Singleton, Benoît Bossavit, Barnabear
In autism and technology research, technologies are often developed by researchers targeting specific social and communication difficulties experienced by individuals with autism. In some technology-based projects, children and adults with autism as well as parents, carers, teachers, and other professionals, are involved as users, informers, and (more rarely) as co-designers. However, much less is known about the views of the autism community about the needs they identify as areas that could be addressed through innovative technological solutions. This paper describes the ASCmeI.T. project which encourages members of the autism community to download a free app to answer the question: If there was one new technology to help people with autism, what would it be? This project provides a model of e-participation in which people from the autism community are involved from the start so that new developments in digital technologies can be better matched to support the needs of users.

Funding

Impact Acceleration Account; G1426; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/M500495/1

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Computers Helping People with Special Needs

ISSN

0302-9743

Publisher

Springer

Page range

343-350

Event name

ICCHP 2016 16th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Event location

Linz, Austria

Event type

conference

Event date

July 13-15, 2016

Place of publication

Cham

ISBN

9783319412665

Series

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Creative Technology Publications
  • Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-08-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-08-10

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-08-08

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