Technologies for Autism: ActivityCoach
For many people living with ASD, remembering detailed schedules can be challenging. However, the static representations of those schedules that are normally used as supports do not represent the dynamic nature of life. A well planned day can be disrupted by a late bus or cancelled work. ActivityCoach is a mobile application that provides dynamic […]
WellConnect
The goal of WellConnect is to improve mental health services for low-income urban youth by increasing this population’s awareness of their own mental health. Smartphones grant opportunity for improved care. Through the use of smart phones, the individuals will be able to monitor their daily activities.
PUC Paper on Visual Supports for Autism Accepted
Interactive Visual Supports for Children with Autism Gillian R. Hayes, Sen Hirano, Gabriela Marcu, Mohamad Monibi, David H. Nguyen, and Michael Yeganyan Interventions to support children with autism often include the use of visual supports, which are cognitive tools to enable learning and the production of language. Although visual supports are effective in helping to […]
Posters to be presented at WISH 2010
The STAR group will be busy at WISH this year with five posters! We are really looking forward to an amazing event. Attitudes and Readiness for Adoption of an Electronic Medical Records System: A Preliminary Case Study – Jed Brubaker, Yunan Chen, Karen Cheng, Chris Combs, Sheba George, Sidney Harrison, Gillian Hayes, Sherrie Kaplan Heuristic […]
Technology helps teach kids with autism
Informatics assistant professor designs computer devices to aid instruction, record-keeping
IMFAR abstract accepted
Congratulations to Sam, Don, and Gillian on having their abstract accepted to IMFAR 2008: “Design of Interactive and Collaborative Visual Scheduling Systems”