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A Wearable Device for Non-communicative Children Preliminary Investigation

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that occurs due to differences in the way the brain functions. ASD involves problems in communication, social interaction, speech, and restricted/repetitive behaviors. Autistic children usually show behaviors that are difficult to be understood by their caregivers, creating a constant communication barrier between autistic children and their families. According to the recent studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one in 160 children is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. In this paper, a proposed assistive technology will be presented to help overcome the communication barrier between autistic children and their caregivers. The product was developed according to the humanistic co-design process, in which co-designers are involved in every step. The study was based on the Design Innovation modules, which depends on 4 iterative stages to develop a product, also known as the 4Ds method. The 4Ds are discover, define, develop, and deliver. The approach used to study more about the problem, along with all stages reaching to the development of the first prototype will be discussed in detail in this paper.

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We thank the Humanistic Co-Design Initiative and the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab for supporting this work. We also thank the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) and the Saudi Health Council’s National Lab for Emerging Health Technologies for hosting and mentoring. This work is part of the authors’ project that is carried out under the CoCreate Fellowship for Humanistic Co-Design of Access Technologies.

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Alchaar, A., Jaber, R., Alharbi, M., Al Megren, I., Alyaseen, R. (2022). A Wearable Device for Non-communicative Children Preliminary Investigation. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S. (eds) HCI International 2022 Posters. HCII 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06417-3_64

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