A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety

Marziya Mohammedali; Brett Adams; Dinh Phung; Svetha Venkatesh

doi:10.1145/1979742.1979748

A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety

Marziya Mohammedali, Brett Adams, Dinh Phung, Svetha Venkatesh

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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Abstract

We describe a smartphone application that helps people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) cope with anxiety attacks. Our prototype provides a one-touch interface for indicating a panic level. The device's response-to instruct, soothe, and/or contact carers-is sensitive to the user's context, consisting of time, location, ambient noise, and nearby friends. Formative evaluation unearths a critical challenge to building assistive technologies for ASD sufferers: can regimented interfaces foster flexible behaviour? Our observations suggest that a delicate balance of design goals is required for a viable assistive technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
Pages	1201-1206
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979748
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2011 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 May 2011 → 12 May 2011 Conference number: 29th

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2011
Abbreviated title	CHI 2011
Country	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	7/05/11 → 12/05/11

Keywords

Design
Experimentation
Human factors

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10.1145/1979742.1979748

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Mohammedali, M., Adams, B., Phung, D., & Venkatesh, S. (2011). A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety. In CHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts (pp. 1201-1206). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979748

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Mohammedali, M, Adams, B, Phung, D & Venkatesh, S 2011, A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety. in CHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 1201-1206, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2011, Vancouver, Canada, 7/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979748

A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety. / Mohammedali, Marziya; Adams, Brett; Phung, Dinh; Venkatesh, Svetha.

CHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. 2011. p. 1201-1206 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Mohammedali M, Adams B, Phung D, Venkatesh S. A context-sensitive device to help people with autism cope with anxiety. In CHI EA 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. 2011. p. 1201-1206. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979748