Autism
Sara Jackson, FierceMobileHealthcare
“University of Edinburgh researchers have combined gaming with autism research in a new app, FindMe, that they say could help autistic children as young as 18 months. Touchscreens, tablets and other mobile technologies already were known to interest autistic children, but researchers say FindMe is the first game to directly engage their specific learning style, and use that engagement to build social skills.
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20 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: UK | Tag(s): Applications, Autism, Children, games, mHealth
Brian Edwards, iMedicalApps
“When autistic children get stressed they often don’t show it. Instead, their tension might build until they have a meltdown, which can result in aggression toward others and even self-injury.
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30 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism, mHealth, Sensors, Wearable
Lesley Stahl, CBS News
“Autistic people whose condition prevents them from speaking are making breakthroughs with the help of tablet computers and special applications that allow them to communicate, some for the first time. Lesley Stahl reports.”
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24 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Video | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism, tablet PC
Saint-André S et al, L'Encéphale, 2010
Introduction
The authors report on the set-up of a telehealth system developed to facilitate exchanges between the Autism Resource Centre of Brittany (centre de ressources pour l’autisme [CRA]) located in Brest and an adult psychiatry structure of Vannes’ Hospital in the Morbihan region, these sites are about 200 kilometres distant.
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22 May 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: France | Tag(s): Autism, Networks, Telemedicine, Telepsychiatry, Videoconferencing
aguitarte, Somos Medicina
“Durante el evento de Salud 2.0 hice referencia a la mentalidad hacker aplicada a la Medicina. Los ingenieros de la Universidad Rutgers han tomado este concepto de forma literal y han hackeado una Play Station 3. El objetivo, ayudar a jóvenes que sufren parálisis cerebral a mejorar sus funciones motoras manuales.
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28 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Adolescents, Autism, games, Stroke, Telemedicine, Telerehabilitation
Asher Moses, the Age
“Few can legitimately boast that an iPhone app changed their life but for 10-year-old Grace Domican, unable to speak due to autism, the touchscreen phone has given her a voice for the first time.
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16 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Australia, UK | Tag(s): Autism, mHealth, smartphone
Aguitarte, Somos Medicina
“Durante el evento de Salud 2.0 hice referencia a la mentalidad hacker aplicada a la Medicina. Los ingenieros de la Universidad Rutgers han tomado este concepto de forma literal y han hackeado una Play Station 3. El objetivo, ayudar a jóvenes que sufren parálisis cerebral a mejorar sus funciones motoras manuales.
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4 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Autism, Telemedicine, Telerehabilitation
Checkley, Rebecca et al, Journal of Assistive Technologies, 4(1)
This paper focuses on accessing the experiences of three boys who are on the autism spectrum to identify what using a voice output communication aid (VOCA), within a classroom setting, means to them. The methods used to identify the boys’ perspectives are described and evaluated. Establishing these through direct methods of engagement proved problematic but working with parents and school staff as ‘expert guides’ provided a rich insight into what using a VOCA appeared to mean to the boys.
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28 March 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: UK | Tag(s): Autism, Voice
MedGadget
“Computers can provide a layer of separation that can be helpful to interacting with autistic kids, consequently they have become a popular tool for one on one therapy sessions. The keyboard, though, can be too confusing and difficult to use and can itself become an obstacle to communication.
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1 September 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism, Devices, Health Information Technology
Sky News Online
“Robots that can cook, dance to Michael Jackson songs or guide the blind are among the gadgets aimed at helping humans cope with illnesses on display in Spain at one of the world’s biggest annual gatherings of new technology enthusiasts.
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2 August 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Japan | Tag(s): Autism, Dementia, Industry, Robot
Xavier Lanier, GottaBeMobile.com
“Last week I went to Tweetup organized by the Technologizer team and spent the evening talking about technology. We started talking about tablets and touch computing and one of the HP employees in attendance told us about a very innovative school in Silicon Valley. Hope Technology school is using TouchSmart PCs and other to help autistic children speak for the first time. One student was unable to express himself for the first 14 years of his life, but can now string together sentences after six weeks of practice.”
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21 May 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Video | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism
Caring Technologies
“With the announcements of high-tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and IBM investing in telehealth technologies and the recent appropriation of billions of federal stimulus dollars for health IT initiatives, telehealth thought leaders from around the world will look to capitalize on the industry’s recent momentum when they converge on Boise for a Telehealth Summit focused on behavior disorders, April 23-24.
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9 April 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism, Health Information Technology, Telehealth
Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC Blog
“It is World Autism Awareness Day today. And I use the title of a paper during our first ICMCC Event for this blog entry as a tribute to all those friends who have children with autism, and to my late mentor and friend Swamy Laxminarayan, for whom autism was one of his favorite subjects.
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2 April 2009 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Autism
“Baggs is part of an increasingly visible and highly networked community of autistics. Over the past decade, this group has benefited enormously from the Internet as well as innovations like type-to-speech software. Baggs may never have considered herself trapped in her own world, but thanks to technology, she can communicate with the same speed and specificity as someone using spoken language.”
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David Wolman, Wired Magazine, 25 February 2008
27 February 2008 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Autism, Information Technology, Internet
“Videos To Serve As Guide For Worried Parents
A new Web site offers dozens of video clips of autistic kids contrasted with unaffected children’s behavior. Some of the side-by-side differences can make you gasp. Others are more subtle.”
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WSOCTV, 15 October 2007
16 October 2007 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Autism, Web
