A Wearable Social Interaction Aid for Children with Autism

04/19/2020
by   Nick Haber, et al.
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With most recent estimates giving an incidence rate of 1 in 68 children in the United States, the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a growing public health crisis. Many of these children struggle to make eye contact, recognize facial expressions, and engage in social interactions. Today the standard for treatment of the core autism-related deficits focuses on a form of behavior training known as Applied Behavioral Analysis. To address perceived deficits in expression recognition, ABA approaches routinely involve the use of prompts such as flash cards for repetitive emotion recognition training via memorization. These techniques must be administered by trained practitioners and often at clinical centers that are far outnumbered by and out of reach from the many children and families in need of attention. Waitlists for access are up to 18 months long, and this wait may lead to children regressing down a path of isolation that worsens their long-term prognosis. There is an urgent need to innovate new methods of care delivery that can appropriately empower caregivers of children at risk or with a diagnosis of autism, and that capitalize on mobile tools and wearable devices for use outside of clinical settings.

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